gentoo-overlay/metadata/glsa/glsa-200708-15.xml

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<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">

<glsa id="200708-15">
  <title>Apache mod_jk: Directory traversal</title>
  <synopsis>
    A directory traversal vulnerability has been discovered in Apache mod_jk.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">mod_jk</product>
  <announced>August 19, 2007</announced>
  <revised>August 19, 2007: 01</revised>
  <bug>186218</bug>
  <access>remote</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="www-apache/mod_jk" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">1.2.23</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">1.2.23</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>
    Apache mod_jk is a connector for the Tomcat web server.
    </p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>
    Apache mod_jk decodes the URL within Apache before passing them to
    Tomcat, which decodes them a second time.
    </p>
  </description>
  <impact type="low">
    <p>
    A remote attacker could browse a specially crafted URL on an Apache
    server running mod_jk, possibly gaining access to restricted resources.
    </p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>
    There is no known workaround at this time.
    </p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>
    All Apache mod_jk users should upgrade to the latest version:
    </p>
    <code>
    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose &quot;&gt;=www-apache/mod_jk-1.2.23&quot;</code>
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-1860">CVE-2007-1860</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Sun, 29 Jul 2007 22:06:43 +0000">
    p-y
  </metadata>
  <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Sun, 29 Jul 2007 22:08:30 +0000">
    p-y
  </metadata>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Sun, 12 Aug 2007 21:01:34 +0000">
    p-y
  </metadata>
</glsa>