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Mandrake Security Advisory MDVSA-2009:018 (tomcat5)
Information
Severity
Severity
Medium
Family
Family
Mandrake Local Security Checks
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
5.0
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
15 years ago
Modified
Modified
6 years ago
Summary
The remote host is missing an update to tomcat5 announced via advisory MDVSA-2009:018.
Insight
Insight
Apache Tomcat does not properly handle certain characters in a cookie value, which could possibly lead to the leak of sensitive information such as session IDs (CVE-2007-5333). The updated packages have been patched to prevent this issue. Affected: 2008.1
Solution
Solution
To upgrade automatically use MandrakeUpdate or urpmi. The verification of md5 checksums and GPG signatures is performed automatically for you. https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=MDVSA-2009:018