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[SA25106] Gentoo update for tomcat

From: Secunia Security Advisories (sec-advsecunia.com)
Date: Wed May 02 2007 - 05:17:04 CDT

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TITLE:
Gentoo update for tomcat

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA25106

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/25106/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
Security Bypass

WHERE:
From remote

OPERATING SYSTEM:
Gentoo Linux 1.x
http://secunia.com/product/339/

DESCRIPTION:
Gentoo has issued an update for tomcat. This fixes a security issue,
which can be exploited by malicious people to bypass certain security
restrictions.

For more information:
SA24732

SOLUTION:
Update to "www-servers/tomcat-5.5.22" or later.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200705-03.xml

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA24732:
http://secunia.com/advisories/24732/

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