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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200408-15 |
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Severity: Normal |
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Title: Tomcat: Insecure Installation |
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Date: August 15, 2004 |
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Bugs: #59232 |
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ID: 200408-15 |
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Synopsis |
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Improper file ownership may allow a member of the tomcat group to |
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execute scripts as root. |
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Background |
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Tomcat is the Apache Jakarta Project's official implementation of Java |
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Servlets and Java Server Pages. |
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Affected packages |
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected |
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1 net-www/tomcat < 5.0.27-r3 >= 5.0.27-r3 |
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*>= 4.1.30-r4 |
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*>= 3.3.2-r2 |
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Description |
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The Gentoo ebuild for Tomcat sets the ownership of the Tomcat init |
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scripts as tomcat:tomcat, but those scripts are executed with root |
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privileges when the system is started. This may allow a member of the |
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tomcat group to run arbitrary code with root privileges when the Tomcat |
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init scripts are run. |
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Impact |
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This could lead to a local privilege escalation or root compromise by |
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authenticated users. |
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Workaround |
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Users may change the ownership of /etc/init.d/tomcat* and |
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/etc/conf.d/tomcat* to be root:root: |
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# chown -R root:root /etc/init.d/tomcat* |
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# chown -R root:root /etc/conf.d/tomcat* |
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Resolution |
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All Tomcat users can upgrade to the latest stable version, or simply |
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apply the workaround: |
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# emerge sync |
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# emerge -pv ">=net-www/tomcat-5.0.27-r3" |
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# emerge ">=net-www/tomcat-5.0.27-r3" |
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Availability |
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at |
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the Gentoo Security Website: |
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http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200408-15.xml |
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Concerns? |
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the |
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confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost |
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importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to |
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security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at |
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http://bugs.gentoo.org. |
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License |
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Copyright 2004 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text |
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belongs to its owner(s). |
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The contents of this document are licensed under the |
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Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license. |
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/1.0 |
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