A tomcat5.5 security update has been released for Debian GNU/Linux

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Debian Security Advisory DSA-2207-1 security@debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/ Moritz Muehlenhoff
March 30, 2011 http://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package : tomcat5.5
Vulnerability : several
Problem type : remote
Debian-specific: no
CVE ID : CVE-2008-5515 CVE-2009-0033 CVE-2009-0580 CVE-2009-0781 CVE-2009-0783 CVE-2009-2693 CVE-2009-2902 CVE-2010-1157 CVE-2010-2227

Various vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Tomcat Servlet and
JSP engine, resulting in denial of service, cross-site scripting,
information disclosure and WAR file traversal. Further details on the
individual security issues can be found at
http://tomcat.apache.org/security-5.html.

For the oldstable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in
version 5.5.26-5lenny2.

The stable distribution (squeeze) no longer contains tomcat5.5. tomcat6
is already fixed.

The unstable distribution (sid) no longer contains tomcat5.5. tomcat6
is already fixed.

We recommend that you upgrade your tomcat5.5 packages.

Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: http://www.debian.org/security/