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Oracle Linux 6 : tomcat6 (ELSA-2016-2045)

high Nessus Plugin ID 93947

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2016-2045 advisory.

 - Resolves: rhbz#1362210 CVE-2016-5388 Tomcat: CGI sets environmental variable based on user supplied Proxy request header
 - Resolves: rhbz#1367051 CVE-2015-5174 URL Normalization issue
 - Resolves: rhbz#1367054 CVE-2016-0706 Security Manager bypass via StatusManagerServlet
 - Resolves: rhbz#1367058 CVE-2016-0714 Security Manager bypass via persistence mechanisms
 - Resolves: rhbz#1367054 CVE-2015-5345 Directory disclosure

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2016-2045.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 93947

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2016-2045.nasl

Version: 2.14

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/11/2016

Updated: 4/29/2025

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-6325

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-0714

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:tomcat6-el-2.1-api, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:tomcat6-javadoc, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:tomcat6-webapps, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:tomcat6-docs-webapp, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:tomcat6, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:tomcat6-servlet-2.5-api, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:tomcat6-jsp-2.1-api, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:tomcat6-lib, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:tomcat6-admin-webapps, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:6

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/OracleLinux

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/11/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/25/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-5174, CVE-2015-5345, CVE-2016-0706, CVE-2016-0714, CVE-2016-5388, CVE-2016-6325

RHSA: 2016:2045