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Debian update for tomcat4
Secunia Advisory: SA10009
Release Date: 2003-10-15
Popularity: 5,858 views

Critical:
Moderately critical
Impact: DoS
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

OS:Debian GNU/Linux 3.0

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Description:
Debian has issued updated packages for Apache Tomcat. These fix a vulnerability, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a Denial of Service.

The problem is that Apache Tomcat fails to handle multiple invalid or non-HTTP requests. At a certain point Tomcat fails to handle more requests effectively causing a Denial of Service.

Solution:
Updated packages:

Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 alias woody

Source archives:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updat...b/t/tomcat4/tomcat4_4.0.3-3woody3.dsc
Size/MD5 checksum: 708 64c5aa3e586635edcd2678d10ab809d2
http://security.debian.org/pool/updat...tomcat4/tomcat4_4.0.3-3woody3.diff.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 16223 bafcad535ede73b939b31e32be50ca9b
http://security.debian.org/pool/updat...b/t/tomcat4/tomcat4_4.0.3.orig.tar.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 1588186 2b2e0d859f7152e5225633933e6585d6

Architecture independent components:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updat...libtomcat4-java_4.0.3-3woody3_all.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 1134260 e667be7a8c67c26834069f15dd93f616
http://security.debian.org/pool/updat...tomcat4-webapps_4.0.3-3woody3_all.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 1164474 9b3283713a2de35d7647f4b9e9820c99
http://security.debian.org/pool/updat...tomcat4/tomcat4_4.0.3-3woody3_all.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 126724 39150e4598d20ed52d49a470d2d8ce7b

Original Advisory:
http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-395


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