Bug 927622 (CVE-2013-1976) - CVE-2013-1976 tomcat: Improper TOMCAT_LOG management in init script (DoS, ACE)
Summary: CVE-2013-1976 tomcat: Improper TOMCAT_LOG management in init script (DoS, ACE)
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: CVE-2013-1976
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 955974 955975 955976 955977 955978 955979 955980 955982 955983 963087 963095 1014386
Blocks: 927624
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Reported: 2013-03-26 11:08 UTC by Jan Lieskovsky
Modified: 2023-05-11 22:28 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2013-05-28 20:07:21 UTC
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System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2013:0869 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Important: tomcat6 security update 2013-05-28 21:28:11 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2013:0870 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Important: tomcat5 security update 2013-05-28 21:40:15 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2013:0871 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Important: tomcat6 and tomcat7 security update 2013-05-28 21:40:07 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2013:0872 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Important: tomcat5 and tomcat6 security update 2013-05-28 21:39:58 UTC

Description Jan Lieskovsky 2013-03-26 11:08:08 UTC 
A security flaw was found in the way init script implementation of the Tomcat service, an Apache Servlet/JSP Engine, as used in various versions of Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Fedora, performed management of Tomcat log file. A local attacker could use this flaw to cause denial of service or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the privileged system user (root) via symbolic link attacks on Tomcat log file.

Acknowledgements:

Red Hat would like to thank Simon Fayer of Imperial College London for reporting this issue.
Comment 11 David Jorm 2013-05-09 03:24:51 UTC 
Statement:

This flaw pertains to the init scripts provided by the RPM distribution of tomcat in various Red Hat products. ZIP distributions do not include init scripts, and are not affected by this flaw.
Comment 12 errata-xmlrpc 2013-05-28 17:30:23 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Via RHSA-2013:0869 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0869.html
Comment 13 errata-xmlrpc 2013-05-28 17:44:19 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in following products:

  JBEWS 1.0 for RHEL 5
  JBEWS 1.0 for RHEL 6

Via RHSA-2013:0872 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0872.html
Comment 14 errata-xmlrpc 2013-05-28 17:45:06 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in following products:

  JBEWS 2 for RHEL 5
  JBEWS 2 for RHEL 6

Via RHSA-2013:0871 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0871.html
Comment 15 errata-xmlrpc 2013-05-28 17:46:40 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

Via RHSA-2013:0870 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0870.html
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