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TITLE:
Apache Tomcat Multiple Vulnerabilities

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA43194

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RELEASE DATE:
2011-02-08

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DESCRIPTION:
Multiple vulnerabilities have been reported in Apache Tomcat, which
can be exploited by malicious, local users to bypass certain security
restrictions and by malicious people to conduct cross-site scripting
attacks and cause a DoS (Denial of Service).

For more information:
SA43198

1) An error due to the "maxHttpHeaderSize" limit not being enforced
in the NIO HTTP connector can be exploited to cause an "OutOfMemory"
error via a specially crafted web request.

Please see the vendor's advisory for a list of affected versions.

SOLUTION:
Update to a fixed version.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Reported by the vendor.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://tomcat.apache.org/security-6.html
http://tomcat.apache.org/security-7.html

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