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Debian DSA-1468-1 : tomcat5.5 - several vulnerabilities
medium Nessus Plugin ID 30060
Synopsis
The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.Description
Several remote vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Tomcat servlet and JSP engine. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems :- CVE-2008-0128 Olaf Kock discovered that HTTPS encryption was insufficiently enforced for single-sign-on cookies, which could result in information disclosure.
- CVE-2007-2450 It was discovered that the Manager and Host Manager web applications performed insufficient input sanitising, which could lead to cross site scripting.
This update also adapts the tomcat5.5-webapps package to the tightened JULI permissions introduced in the previous tomcat5.5 DSA. However, it should be noted, that the tomcat5.5-webapps is for demonstration and documentation purposes only and should not be used for production systems.
Solution
Upgrade the tomcat5.5 packages.The old stable distribution (sarge) doesn't contain tomcat5.5.
For the stable distribution (etch), these problems have been fixed in version 5.5.20-2etch2.
See Also
https://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1468
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 30060
File Name: debian_DSA-1468.nasl
Version: 1.18
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Debian Local Security Checks
Published: 1/27/2008
Updated: 1/4/2021
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Low
Score: 3.0
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5
Temporal Score: 3.7
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:tomcat5.5, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:4.0
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 1/20/2008
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2007-2450, CVE-2008-0128
BID: 24475