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   openSUSE Security Update: tomcat6: fixing a XSS vulnerability (CVE-2010-4172)
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Announcement ID:    openSUSE-SU-2011:0082-1
Rating:             important
References:         #655440 
Cross-References:   CVE-2010-4172
Affected Products:
                    openSUSE 11.3
                    openSUSE 11.2
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   An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.

Description:

   This update fixes a cross-site scripting vulnerability that
   affects the session list screen. This can be used to steal
   session cookies because tomcat 6 does not use the httpOnly
   flag for its cookies. (CVE-2010-4172)


Patch Instructions:

   To install this openSUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.
   Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

   - openSUSE 11.3:

      zypper in -t patch tomcat6-3849

   - openSUSE 11.2:

      zypper in -t patch tomcat6-3849

   To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".


Package List:

   - openSUSE 11.3 (noarch):

      tomcat6-6.0.24-5.8.2
      tomcat6-admin-webapps-6.0.24-5.8.2
      tomcat6-docs-webapp-6.0.24-5.8.2
      tomcat6-el-1_0-api-6.0.24-5.8.2
      tomcat6-javadoc-6.0.24-5.8.2
      tomcat6-jsp-2_1-api-6.0.24-5.8.2
      tomcat6-lib-6.0.24-5.8.2
      tomcat6-servlet-2_5-api-6.0.24-5.8.2
      tomcat6-webapps-6.0.24-5.8.2

   - openSUSE 11.2 (noarch):

      tomcat6-6.0.20-24.27.2
      tomcat6-admin-webapps-6.0.20-24.27.2
      tomcat6-docs-webapp-6.0.20-24.27.2
      tomcat6-javadoc-6.0.20-24.27.2
      tomcat6-jsp-2_1-api-6.0.20-24.27.2
      tomcat6-lib-6.0.20-24.27.2
      tomcat6-servlet-2_5-api-6.0.20-24.27.2
      tomcat6-webapps-6.0.20-24.27.2


References:

   http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-4172.html
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/655440