Description
Apache Tomcat 5.5.x before 5.5.34, 6.x before 6.0.33, and 7.x before 7.0.19, when sendfile is enabled for the HTTP APR or HTTP NIO connector, does not validate certain request attributes, which allows local users to bypass intended file access restrictions or cause a denial of service (infinite loop or JVM crash) by leveraging an untrusted web application.
Remediation
References
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1145571
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=720948
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1146005
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48667
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1145383
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1145694
http://secunia.com/advisories/45232
http://osvdb.org/73797
http://osvdb.org/73798
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025788
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:156
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2401
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=132215163318824&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=136485229118404&w=2
http://tomcat.apache.org/security-6.html
http://tomcat.apache.org/security-7.html
http://tomcat.apache.org/security-5.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0078.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0074.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0075.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0076.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0325.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0077.html
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=139344343412337&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/57126
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=133469267822771&w=2
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/68541
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A19514
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14573
http://secunia.com/advisories/48308
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/518889/100/0/threaded
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r3aacc40356defc3f248aa504b1e48e819dd0471a0a83349080c6bcbf%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/8dcaf7c3894d66cb717646ea1504ea6e300021c85bb4e677dc16b1aa%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r584a714f141eff7b1c358d4679288177bd4ca4558e9999d15867d4b5%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/06cfb634bc7bf37af7d8f760f118018746ad8efbd519c4b789ac9c2e%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E