RE: [SECURITY] Security Vulnerabilities in Tomcat 3.1 and 3.2

2000-12-15 Thread Steve Downey
t: Re: [SECURITY] Security Vulnerabilities in Tomcat 3.1 and 3.2 on 12/11/2000 5:59 PM, "Craig R. McClanahan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm certainly game to remove 3.1 once we know that 3.1.1 doesn't introduce any > nasty > problems, but just removing 3.1 doesn'

Re: [SECURITY] Security Vulnerabilities in Tomcat 3.1 and 3.2

2000-12-12 Thread Glenn Nielsen
"Craig R. McClanahan" wrote: > > Glenn Nielsen wrote: > > > Very shortly I will have some updated documents for configuring Tomcat to use > > the Java SecurityManager under various flavors of MS Windows. I would like > > to get this into the 3.2.1 release. > > > > +1 If you can hold off a day s

Re: [SECURITY] Security Vulnerabilities in Tomcat 3.1 and 3.2

2000-12-12 Thread avm
> > > Tomcat 3.2 final has the following security vulnerabilities that have > > > subsequently been fixed in the CVS repository: > > > * A URL like "http://localhost:8080/examples//WEB-INF/web.xml" can > > > expose sensitive information (note the double slash after "examples"). > > > * The "Show

Re: [SECURITY] Security Vulnerabilities in Tomcat 3.1 and 3.2

2000-12-12 Thread Craig R. McClanahan
Glenn Nielsen wrote: > Very shortly I will have some updated documents for configuring Tomcat to use > the Java SecurityManager under various flavors of MS Windows. I would like > to get this into the 3.2.1 release. > > +1 If you can hold off a day so I can get these documents updated > I would

Re: [SECURITY] Security Vulnerabilities in Tomcat 3.1 and 3.2

2000-12-12 Thread Craig R. McClanahan
Nick Bauman wrote: > On Mon, 11 Dec 2000, Craig R. McClanahan wrote: > > > > > Tomcat 3.2 final has the following security vulnerabilities that have > > subsequently been fixed in the CVS repository: > > * A URL like "http://localhost:8080/examples//WEB-INF/web.xml" can > > expose sensitive inf

Re: [SECURITY] Security Vulnerabilities in Tomcat 3.1 and 3.2

2000-12-12 Thread Mike Anderson
>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 12/11/00 06:19PM Over the last three days, a review of published and soon-to-be-published reports>of security vulnerabilities in Tomcat has uncovered a series of problems in the>3.1 final release, and a couple of less serious (but still significant) problems>in 3.2.

Re: [SECURITY] Security Vulnerabilities in Tomcat 3.1 and 3.2

2000-12-12 Thread Sean
I have to agree with Arieh on this one. Coming from an organization that has a very rigerous change management process I know that it can take upwards of 4 months to release a piece of software, let alone a server upgrade that is not just a security fix. If it adds features above and beyond the

Re: [SECURITY] Security Vulnerabilities in Tomcat 3.1 and 3.2

2000-12-12 Thread Arieh Markel
ft-Outlook-Express-Macintosh-Edition/5.02.2022 > Subject: Re: [SECURITY] Security Vulnerabilities in Tomcat 3.1 and 3.2 > From: Jon Stevens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > X-Spam-Rating: locus.apache.org 1.6.2 0/1000/N > > on 12/11/2000 5:59 PM, "Craig R

Re: [SECURITY] Security Vulnerabilities in Tomcat 3.1 and 3.2

2000-12-12 Thread Glenn Nielsen
"Craig R. McClanahan" wrote: > > Over the last three days, a review of published and soon-to-be-published reports > of security vulnerabilities in Tomcat has uncovered a series of problems in the > 3.1 final release, and a couple of less serious (but still significant) problems > in 3.2. Please

RE: [SECURITY] Security Vulnerabilities in Tomcat 3.1 and 3.2

2000-12-12 Thread Brett Bergquist
I think that a 3.1.1 should also be updated and release. There are those of us out hear using 3.1 that cannot immediately upgrade to 3.2. In particular, I cannot upgrade right now because of my applications use the old xml parser for my applications (xml.jar) and 3.2 includes the new jax parser.

RE: [SECURITY] Security Vulnerabilities in Tomcat 3.1 and 3.2

2000-12-12 Thread GOMEZ Henri
>> Proposal #1: Release a Tomcat 3.1.1 that fixes *only* the security >> problems > +1 I'll still be for security updates but release a 3.1.1 could make some users thinking the 3.1 tree is still alive. Could be disturbing some days after 3.2 release. > > >> Proposal #2: Release a Tomcat 3.2.1

Re: [SECURITY] Security Vulnerabilities in Tomcat 3.1 and 3.2

2000-12-11 Thread Nick Bauman
On Mon, 11 Dec 2000, Craig R. McClanahan wrote: > > Tomcat 3.2 final has the following security vulnerabilities that have > subsequently been fixed in the CVS repository: > * A URL like "http://localhost:8080/examples//WEB-INF/web.xml" can > expose sensitive information (note the double slash

RE: [SECURITY] Security Vulnerabilities in Tomcat 3.1 and 3.2

2000-12-11 Thread Larry Isaacs
> Proposal #1: Release a Tomcat 3.1.1 that fixes *only* the security > problems +1 > Proposal #2: Release a Tomcat 3.2.1 that fixes the following security > problems > plus the patches committed to date. + 1 Larry

Re: [SECURITY] Security Vulnerabilities in Tomcat 3.1 and 3.2

2000-12-11 Thread Jon Stevens
on 12/11/2000 5:59 PM, "Craig R. McClanahan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm certainly game to remove 3.1 once we know that 3.1.1 doesn't introduce any > nasty > problems, but just removing 3.1 doesn't help all the thousands of people who > have > apps running on 3.1 and who cannot, for various

Re: [SECURITY] Security Vulnerabilities in Tomcat 3.1 and 3.2

2000-12-11 Thread Jon Stevens
on 12/11/2000 5:19 PM, "Craig R. McClanahan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Over the last three days, a review of published and soon-to-be-published > reports > of security vulnerabilities in Tomcat has uncovered a series of problems in > the > 3.1 final release, and a couple of less serious (but s

Re: [SECURITY] Security Vulnerabilities in Tomcat 3.1 and 3.2

2000-12-11 Thread Craig R. McClanahan
Hans Bergsten wrote: > "Craig R. McClanahan" wrote: > > [...] > > Proposal #1: Release a Tomcat 3.1.1 that fixes *only* the security problems > > +0. Is removing TC 3.1 from the download pages an alternative? There shouldn't > be any reason for anyone to use TC 3.1 now when 3.2 is released. Upgr

Re: [SECURITY] Security Vulnerabilities in Tomcat 3.1 and 3.2

2000-12-11 Thread Hans Bergsten
"Craig R. McClanahan" wrote: > [...] > Proposal #1: Release a Tomcat 3.1.1 that fixes *only* the security problems +0. Is removing TC 3.1 from the download pages an alternative? There shouldn't be any reason for anyone to use TC 3.1 now when 3.2 is released. Upgrading to 3.2.1 could be the recom

Re: [SECURITY] Security Vulnerabilities in Tomcat 3.1 and 3.2

2000-12-11 Thread Remy Maucherat
> Proposal #1: Release a Tomcat 3.1.1 that fixes *only* the security problems +1. > Proposal #2: Release a Tomcat 3.2.1 that fixes the following security problems > plus the patches committed to date. +1. Remy