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TITLE:
Novell Sentinel Log Manager Tomcat Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA42454

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https://ca.secunia.com/?page=viewadvisory&vuln_id=42454

RELEASE DATE:
2010-12-03

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DESCRIPTION:
Novell has acknowledged a vulnerability in Sentinel Log Manager,
which can be exploited by malicious people to disclose certain system
information and cause a DoS (Denial of Service).

The vulnerability is caused due to including a vulnerable version of
Tomcat.

For more information:
SA39574

This affects Sentinel Log Manager version 1.0.0.5 and 1.1.

SOLUTION:
The vulnerability will be fixed in version 1.2. The vendor recommends
to update to Tomcat version 6.0.29 manually (please see the vendor's
advisory for details).

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.novell.com/support/viewContent.do?externalId=7007275
http://www.novell.com/support/viewContent.do?externalId=7007274

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