Author: markt Date: Sun Jul 21 08:23:20 2013 New Revision: 1505299 URL: http://svn.apache.org/r1505299 Log: Clarify what was fixed for CVE-2007-1358
Modified: tomcat/site/trunk/docs/security-4.html tomcat/site/trunk/docs/security-5.html tomcat/site/trunk/docs/security-6.html tomcat/site/trunk/xdocs/security-4.xml tomcat/site/trunk/xdocs/security-5.xml tomcat/site/trunk/xdocs/security-6.xml Modified: tomcat/site/trunk/docs/security-4.html URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/tomcat/site/trunk/docs/security-4.html?rev=1505299&r1=1505298&r2=1505299&view=diff ============================================================================== --- tomcat/site/trunk/docs/security-4.html (original) +++ tomcat/site/trunk/docs/security-4.html Sun Jul 21 08:23:20 2013 @@ -785,9 +785,12 @@ the Accept-Language header value conforms to RFC 2616. Under normal circumstances this would not be possible to exploit, however older versions of Flash player were known to allow carefully crafted malicious - Flash files to make requests with such custom headers. Tomcat now ignores - invalid values for Accept-Language headers that do not conform to RFC - 2616.</p> + Flash files to make requests with such custom headers. When generating + the response for <code>getLocale()</code> and <code>getLocales()</code>, + Tomcat now ignores values for Accept-Language headers that do not conform + to RFC 2616. Applications that use the raw header values directly should + not assume that the headers conform to RFC 2616 and should filter the + values appropriately.</p> <p>Affects: 4.0.0-4.0.6, 4.1.0-4.1.34</p> Modified: tomcat/site/trunk/docs/security-5.html URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/tomcat/site/trunk/docs/security-5.html?rev=1505299&r1=1505298&r2=1505299&view=diff ============================================================================== --- tomcat/site/trunk/docs/security-5.html (original) +++ tomcat/site/trunk/docs/security-5.html Sun Jul 21 08:23:20 2013 @@ -1528,9 +1528,12 @@ the Accept-Language header value conforms to RFC 2616. Under normal circumstances this would not be possible to exploit, however older versions of Flash player were known to allow carefully crafted malicious - Flash files to make requests with such custom headers. Tomcat now ignores - invalid values for Accept-Language headers that do not conform to RFC - 2616.</p> + Flash files to make requests with such custom headers. When generating + the response for <code>getLocale()</code> and <code>getLocales()</code>, + Tomcat now ignores values for Accept-Language headers that do not conform + to RFC 2616. Applications that use the raw header values directly should + not assume that the headers conform to RFC 2616 and should filter the + values appropriately.</p> <p>Affects: 5.0.0-5.0.30, 5.5.0-5.5.20</p> Modified: tomcat/site/trunk/docs/security-6.html URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/tomcat/site/trunk/docs/security-6.html?rev=1505299&r1=1505298&r2=1505299&view=diff ============================================================================== --- tomcat/site/trunk/docs/security-6.html (original) +++ tomcat/site/trunk/docs/security-6.html Sun Jul 21 08:23:20 2013 @@ -1838,9 +1838,12 @@ the Accept-Language header value conforms to RFC 2616. Under normal circumstances this would not be possible to exploit, however older versions of Flash player were known to allow carefully crafted malicious - Flash files to make requests with such custom headers. Tomcat now ignores - invalid values for Accept-Language headers that do not conform to RFC - 2616.</p> + Flash files to make requests with such custom headers. When generating + the response for <code>getLocale()</code> and <code>getLocales()</code>, + Tomcat now ignores values for Accept-Language headers that do not conform + to RFC 2616. Applications that use the raw header values directly should + not assume that the headers conform to RFC 2616 and should filter the + values appropriately.</p> <p>Affects: 6.0.0-6.0.5</p> Modified: tomcat/site/trunk/xdocs/security-4.xml URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/tomcat/site/trunk/xdocs/security-4.xml?rev=1505299&r1=1505298&r2=1505299&view=diff ============================================================================== --- tomcat/site/trunk/xdocs/security-4.xml (original) +++ tomcat/site/trunk/xdocs/security-4.xml Sun Jul 21 08:23:20 2013 @@ -325,9 +325,12 @@ the Accept-Language header value conforms to RFC 2616. Under normal circumstances this would not be possible to exploit, however older versions of Flash player were known to allow carefully crafted malicious - Flash files to make requests with such custom headers. Tomcat now ignores - invalid values for Accept-Language headers that do not conform to RFC - 2616.</p> + Flash files to make requests with such custom headers. When generating + the response for <code>getLocale()</code> and <code>getLocales()</code>, + Tomcat now ignores values for Accept-Language headers that do not conform + to RFC 2616. Applications that use the raw header values directly should + not assume that the headers conform to RFC 2616 and should filter the + values appropriately.</p> <p>Affects: 4.0.0-4.0.6, 4.1.0-4.1.34</p> </section> Modified: tomcat/site/trunk/xdocs/security-5.xml URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/tomcat/site/trunk/xdocs/security-5.xml?rev=1505299&r1=1505298&r2=1505299&view=diff ============================================================================== --- tomcat/site/trunk/xdocs/security-5.xml (original) +++ tomcat/site/trunk/xdocs/security-5.xml Sun Jul 21 08:23:20 2013 @@ -750,9 +750,12 @@ the Accept-Language header value conforms to RFC 2616. Under normal circumstances this would not be possible to exploit, however older versions of Flash player were known to allow carefully crafted malicious - Flash files to make requests with such custom headers. Tomcat now ignores - invalid values for Accept-Language headers that do not conform to RFC - 2616.</p> + Flash files to make requests with such custom headers. When generating + the response for <code>getLocale()</code> and <code>getLocales()</code>, + Tomcat now ignores values for Accept-Language headers that do not conform + to RFC 2616. Applications that use the raw header values directly should + not assume that the headers conform to RFC 2616 and should filter the + values appropriately.</p> <p>Affects: 5.0.0-5.0.30, 5.5.0-5.5.20</p> </section> Modified: tomcat/site/trunk/xdocs/security-6.xml URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/tomcat/site/trunk/xdocs/security-6.xml?rev=1505299&r1=1505298&r2=1505299&view=diff ============================================================================== --- tomcat/site/trunk/xdocs/security-6.xml (original) +++ tomcat/site/trunk/xdocs/security-6.xml Sun Jul 21 08:23:20 2013 @@ -941,9 +941,12 @@ the Accept-Language header value conforms to RFC 2616. Under normal circumstances this would not be possible to exploit, however older versions of Flash player were known to allow carefully crafted malicious - Flash files to make requests with such custom headers. Tomcat now ignores - invalid values for Accept-Language headers that do not conform to RFC - 2616.</p> + Flash files to make requests with such custom headers. When generating + the response for <code>getLocale()</code> and <code>getLocales()</code>, + Tomcat now ignores values for Accept-Language headers that do not conform + to RFC 2616. Applications that use the raw header values directly should + not assume that the headers conform to RFC 2616 and should filter the + values appropriately.</p> <p>Affects: 6.0.0-6.0.5</p> </section> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@tomcat.apache.org