openSUSE Security Update: Fixed apache tomcat hash collision vulnerability (CVE-2011-4858) ______________________________________________________________________________ Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2012:0103-1 Rating: moderate References: #712784 #727543 Cross-References: CVE-2011-4858 Affected Products: openSUSE 11.4 openSUSE 11.3 ______________________________________________________________________________ An update that solves one vulnerability and has one errata is now available. Description: The apache tomcat was vulnerable to a hash collision attack which allowed remote attackers to mount DoS attacks. CVE-2011-4858 has been assigned to this issue. Patch Instructions: To install this openSUSE Security Update use YaST online_update. Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: - openSUSE 11.4: zypper in -t patch tomcat6-5619 - openSUSE 11.3: zypper in -t patch tomcat6-5619 To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch". Package List: - openSUSE 11.4 (noarch): tomcat6-6.0.32-7.12.1 tomcat6-admin-webapps-6.0.32-7.12.1 tomcat6-docs-webapp-6.0.32-7.12.1 tomcat6-el-1_0-api-6.0.32-7.12.1 tomcat6-javadoc-6.0.32-7.12.1 tomcat6-jsp-2_1-api-6.0.32-7.12.1 tomcat6-lib-6.0.32-7.12.1 tomcat6-servlet-2_5-api-6.0.32-7.12.1 tomcat6-webapps-6.0.32-7.12.1 - openSUSE 11.3 (noarch): tomcat6-6.0.24-5.16.1 tomcat6-admin-webapps-6.0.24-5.16.1 tomcat6-docs-webapp-6.0.24-5.16.1 tomcat6-el-1_0-api-6.0.24-5.16.1 tomcat6-javadoc-6.0.24-5.16.1 tomcat6-jsp-2_1-api-6.0.24-5.16.1 tomcat6-lib-6.0.24-5.16.1 tomcat6-servlet-2_5-api-6.0.24-5.16.1 tomcat6-webapps-6.0.24-5.16.1 References: http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-4858.html https://bugzilla.novell.com/712784 https://bugzilla.novell.com/727543