Monthly Archives: March 2015

Mandriva

MDVSA-2015:053: tomcat6

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Updated tomcat6 packages fix security vulnerabilities:

Integer overflow in the parseChunkHeader function in
java/org/apache/coyote/http11/filters/ChunkedInputFilter.java in
Apache Tomcat before 6.0.40 and 7.x before 7.0.53 allows remote
attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) via a
malformed chunk size in chunked transfer coding of a request during
the streaming of data (CVE-2014-0075).

java/org/apache/catalina/servlets/DefaultServlet.java in the default
servlet in Apache Tomcat before 6.0.40 and 7.x before 7.0.53 does not
properly restrict XSLT stylesheets, which allows remote attackers
to bypass security-manager restrictions and read arbitrary files
via a crafted web application that provides an XML external entity
declaration in conjunction with an entity reference, related to an
XML External Entity (XXE) issue (CVE-2014-0096).

Integer overflow in java/org/apache/tomcat/util/buf/Ascii.java in
Apache Tomcat before 6.0.40 and 7.x before 7.0.53, when operated
behind a reverse proxy, allows remote attackers to conduct HTTP
request smuggling attacks via a crafted Content-Length HTTP header
(CVE-2014-0099).

Apache Tomcat before 6.0.40 and 7.x before 7.0.54 does not properly
constrain the class loader that accesses the XML parser used with
an XSLT stylesheet, which allows remote attackers to read arbitrary
files via a crafted web application that provides an XML external
entity declaration in conjunction with an entity reference, related
to an XML External Entity (XXE) issue, or read files associated with
different web applications on a single Tomcat instance via a crafted
web application (CVE-2014-0119).

In Apache Tomcat 6.x before 6.0.55, it was possible to craft a
malformed chunk as part of a chunked request that caused Tomcat to
read part of the request body as a new request (CVE-2014-0227).

Mandriva

MDVSA-2015:052: tomcat

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Updated tomcat packages fix security vulnerabilities:

Apache Tomcat 7.x before 7.0.47, when an HTTP connector or AJP
connector is used, does not properly handle certain inconsistent HTTP
request headers, which allows remote attackers to trigger incorrect
identification of a request’s length and conduct request-smuggling
attacks via (1) multiple Content-Length headers or (2) a Content-Length
header and a Transfer-Encoding: chunked header (CVE-2013-4286).

Apache Tomcat 7.x before 7.0.50 processes chunked transfer coding
without properly handling (1) a large total amount of chunked data or
(2) whitespace characters in an HTTP header value within a trailer
field, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by
streaming data (CVE-2013-4322).

Apache Tomcat 7.x before 7.0.50 allows attackers to obtain Tomcat
internals information by leveraging the presence of an untrusted web
application with a context.xml, web.xml, *.jspx, *.tagx, or *.tld XML
document containing an external entity declaration in conjunction
with an entity reference, related to an XML External Entity (XXE)
issue (CVE-2013-4590).

Integer overflow in the parseChunkHeader function in
java/org/apache/coyote/http11/filters/ChunkedInputFilter.java in
Apache Tomcat before 6.0.40 and 7.x before 7.0.53 allows remote
attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) via a
malformed chunk size in chunked transfer coding of a request during
the streaming of data (CVE-2014-0075).

java/org/apache/catalina/servlets/DefaultServlet.java in the default
servlet in Apache Tomcat before 6.0.40 and 7.x before 7.0.53 does not
properly restrict XSLT stylesheets, which allows remote attackers
to bypass security-manager restrictions and read arbitrary files
via a crafted web application that provides an XML external entity
declaration in conjunction with an entity reference, related to an
XML External Entity (XXE) issue (CVE-2014-0096).

Integer overflow in java/org/apache/tomcat/util/buf/Ascii.java in
Apache Tomcat before 6.0.40 and 7.x before 7.0.53, when operated
behind a reverse proxy, allows remote attackers to conduct HTTP
request smuggling attacks via a crafted Content-Length HTTP header
(CVE-2014-0099).

Apache Tomcat before 6.0.40 and 7.x before 7.0.54 does not properly
constrain the class loader that accesses the XML parser used with
an XSLT stylesheet, which allows remote attackers to read arbitrary
files via a crafted web application that provides an XML external
entity declaration in conjunction with an entity reference, related
to an XML External Entity (XXE) issue, or read files associated with
different web applications on a single Tomcat instance via a crafted
web application (CVE-2014-0119).

In Apache Tomcat 7.x before 7.0.55, it was possible to craft a
malformed chunk as part of a chunked request that caused Tomcat to
read part of the request body as a new request (CVE-2014-0227).

Mandriva

MDVSA-2015:051: sympa

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Updated sympa packages fix security vulnerability:

A vulnerability have been discovered in Sympa web interface that
allows access to files on the server filesystem. This breach allows
to send to a list or a user any file readable by the Sympa user,
located on the server filesystem, using the Sympa web interface
newsletter posting area (CVE-2015-1306).

Redhat

RHSA-2015:0285-1: Important: kernel security and bug fix update

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux: Updated kernel packages that fix one security issue and three bugs are now
available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.4 Extended Update Support.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Important security
impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which
gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in the
References section.
CVE-2014-7841

Redhat

RHSA-2015:0284-1: Important: kernel security and bug fix update

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux: Updated kernel packages that fix multiple security issues and several bugs
are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5 Extended Update Support.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Important security
impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores, which give
detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerability from the
CVE links in the References section.
CVE-2013-4483, CVE-2014-3185, CVE-2014-3611, CVE-2014-3645, CVE-2014-3646, CVE-2014-7841, CVE-2014-8160

Ubuntu

USN-2506-1: Thunderbird vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2506-1

3rd March, 2015

thunderbird vulnerabilities

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its
derivatives:

  • Ubuntu 14.10
  • Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
  • Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in Thunderbird.

Software description

  • thunderbird
    – Mozilla Open Source mail and newsgroup client

Details

Armin Razmdjou discovered that contents of locally readable files could
be made available via manipulation of form autocomplete in some
circumstances. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted
message with scripting enabled, an attacker could potentially exploit this
to obtain sensitive information. (CVE-2015-0822)

Abhishek Arya discovered an out-of-bounds read and write when rendering
SVG content in some circumstances. If a user were tricked in to opening
a specially crafted message with scripting enabled, an attacker could
potentially exploit this to obtain sensitive information. (CVE-2015-0827)

Paul Bandha discovered a use-after-free in IndexedDB. If a user were
tricked in to opening a specially crafted message with scripting enabled,
an attacker could potentially exploit this to cause a denial of service
via application crash, or execute arbitrary code with the privileges of
the user invoking Thunderbird. (CVE-2015-0831)

Carsten Book, Christoph Diehl, Gary Kwong, Jan de Mooij, Liz Henry, Byron
Campen, Tom Schuster, and Ryan VanderMeulen discovered multiple memory
safety issues in Thunderbird. If a user were tricked in to opening a
specially crafted message with scripting enabled, an attacker could
potentially exploit these to cause a denial of service via application
crash, or execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking
Thunderbird. (CVE-2015-0836)

Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package version:

Ubuntu 14.10:
thunderbird

1:31.5.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.10.1
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
thunderbird

1:31.5.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
thunderbird

1:31.5.0+build1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1

To update your system, please follow these instructions:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.

After a standard system update you need to restart Thunderbird to make
all the necessary changes.

References

CVE-2015-0822,

CVE-2015-0827,

CVE-2015-0831,

CVE-2015-0836