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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.120087
Category:Amazon Linux Local Security Checks
Title:Amazon Linux: Security Advisory (ALAS-2013-196)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the 'tomcat6' package(s) announced via the ALAS-2013-196 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'tomcat6' package(s) announced via the ALAS-2013-196 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
The (1) tomcat5, (2) tomcat6, and (3) tomcat7 init scripts, as used in the RPM distribution of Tomcat for JBoss Enterprise Web Server 1.0.2 and 2.0.0, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6, allow local users to change the ownership of arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (a) tomcat5-initd.log, (b) tomcat6-initd.log, (c) catalina.out, or (d) tomcat7-initd.log.

Affected Software/OS:
'tomcat6' package(s) on Amazon Linux.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
6.9

CVSS Vector:
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2013-1976
RHSA-2013:0869
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0869.html
RHSA-2013:0870
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0870.html
RHSA-2013:0871
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0871.html
RHSA-2013:0872
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0872.html
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=927622
openSUSE-SU-2013:1306
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-08/msg00013.html
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