RHSA-2009:1506High

Red Hat Security Advisory: tomcat6 security update

Published
October 14, 2009
Last Modified
November 21, 2025

🔗 CVE IDs covered (4)

CVE-2008-5515 →CVE-2009-0033 →CVE-2009-0580 →CVE-2009-0783 →

📋 Description

CVE-2008-5515 — tomcat request dispatcher information disclosure vulnerability CVE-2009-0033 — tomcat6 Denial-Of-Service with AJP connection CVE-2009-0580 — tomcat6 Information disclosure in authentication classes CVE-2009-0783 — tomcat XML parser information disclosure

🎯 Affected products36

  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 1 for RHEL 5 Server
  • Red Hat JBoss Web Server 1.0 for RHEL 4 AS
  • Red Hat JBoss Web Server 1.0 for RHEL 4 ES
  • tomcat6-0:6.0.18-11.3.ep5.el4.noarch as a component of Red Hat JBoss Web Server 1.0 for RHEL 4 AS
  • tomcat6-0:6.0.18-11.3.ep5.el4.noarch as a component of Red Hat JBoss Web Server 1.0 for RHEL 4 ES
  • tomcat6-0:6.0.18-11.3.ep5.el4.src as a component of Red Hat JBoss Web Server 1.0 for RHEL 4 AS
  • tomcat6-0:6.0.18-11.3.ep5.el4.src as a component of Red Hat JBoss Web Server 1.0 for RHEL 4 ES
  • tomcat6-0:6.0.18-12.0.ep5.el5.noarch as a component of Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 1 for RHEL 5 Server
  • tomcat6-0:6.0.18-12.0.ep5.el5.src as a component of Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 1 for RHEL 5 Server
  • tomcat6-admin-webapps-0:6.0.18-11.3.ep5.el4.noarch as a component of Red Hat JBoss Web Server 1.0 for RHEL 4 AS
  • tomcat6-admin-webapps-0:6.0.18-11.3.ep5.el4.noarch as a component of Red Hat JBoss Web Server 1.0 for RHEL 4 ES
  • tomcat6-admin-webapps-0:6.0.18-12.0.ep5.el5.noarch as a component of Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 1 for RHEL 5 Server
  • tomcat6-docs-webapp-0:6.0.18-11.3.ep5.el4.noarch as a component of Red Hat JBoss Web Server 1.0 for RHEL 4 AS
  • tomcat6-docs-webapp-0:6.0.18-11.3.ep5.el4.noarch as a component of Red Hat JBoss Web Server 1.0 for RHEL 4 ES
  • tomcat6-docs-webapp-0:6.0.18-12.0.ep5.el5.noarch as a component of Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 1 for RHEL 5 Server
  • tomcat6-el-1.0-api-0:6.0.18-11.3.ep5.el4.noarch as a component of Red Hat JBoss Web Server 1.0 for RHEL 4 AS
  • tomcat6-el-1.0-api-0:6.0.18-11.3.ep5.el4.noarch as a component of Red Hat JBoss Web Server 1.0 for RHEL 4 ES
  • tomcat6-el-1.0-api-0:6.0.18-12.0.ep5.el5.noarch as a component of Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 1 for RHEL 5 Server
  • tomcat6-javadoc-0:6.0.18-11.3.ep5.el4.noarch as a component of Red Hat JBoss Web Server 1.0 for RHEL 4 AS
  • tomcat6-javadoc-0:6.0.18-11.3.ep5.el4.noarch as a component of Red Hat JBoss Web Server 1.0 for RHEL 4 ES
  • tomcat6-javadoc-0:6.0.18-12.0.ep5.el5.noarch as a component of Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 1 for RHEL 5 Server
  • tomcat6-jsp-2.1-api-0:6.0.18-11.3.ep5.el4.noarch as a component of Red Hat JBoss Web Server 1.0 for RHEL 4 AS
  • tomcat6-jsp-2.1-api-0:6.0.18-11.3.ep5.el4.noarch as a component of Red Hat JBoss Web Server 1.0 for RHEL 4 ES
  • tomcat6-jsp-2.1-api-0:6.0.18-12.0.ep5.el5.noarch as a component of Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 1 for RHEL 5 Server
  • tomcat6-lib-0:6.0.18-11.3.ep5.el4.noarch as a component of Red Hat JBoss Web Server 1.0 for RHEL 4 AS
  • tomcat6-lib-0:6.0.18-11.3.ep5.el4.noarch as a component of Red Hat JBoss Web Server 1.0 for RHEL 4 ES
  • tomcat6-lib-0:6.0.18-12.0.ep5.el5.noarch as a component of Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 1 for RHEL 5 Server
  • tomcat6-log4j-0:6.0.18-11.3.ep5.el4.noarch as a component of Red Hat JBoss Web Server 1.0 for RHEL 4 AS
  • tomcat6-log4j-0:6.0.18-11.3.ep5.el4.noarch as a component of Red Hat JBoss Web Server 1.0 for RHEL 4 ES
  • tomcat6-log4j-0:6.0.18-12.0.ep5.el5.noarch as a component of Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 1 for RHEL 5 Server
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✅ Remediation

Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/docs/DOC-11259

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