openSUSE Security Update : tomcat6 (openSUSE-SU-2012:0103-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 76036

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The apache tomcat was vulnerable to a hash collision attack which allowed remote attackers to mount DoS attacks. CVE-2011-4858 has been assigned to this issue.

Solution

Update the affected tomcat6 packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=712784

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=727543

https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-01/msg00038.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 76036

File Name: suse_11_4_tomcat6-120109.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/13/2014

Updated: 1/19/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:tomcat6, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:tomcat6-admin-webapps, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:tomcat6-docs-webapp, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:tomcat6-el-1_0-api, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:tomcat6-javadoc, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:tomcat6-jsp-2_1-api, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:tomcat6-lib, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:tomcat6-servlet-2_5-api, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:tomcat6-webapps, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:11.4

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/9/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-4858