org/apache/catalina/connector/CoyoteAdapter.java in Apache Tomcat 6.0.33 through 6.0.37 does not consider the disableURLRewriting setting when handling a session ID in a URL, which allows remote attackers to conduct session fixation attacks via a crafted URL.

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

  - org/apache/catalina/connector/CoyoteAdapter.java in Apache Tomcat 6.0.33 through 6.0.37 does not consider
    the disableURLRewriting setting when handling a session ID in a URL, which allows remote attackers to
    conduct session fixation attacks via a crafted URL. (CVE-2014-0033)

Multiple security vulnerabilities have been fixed in the Tomcat servlet and JSP engine, which may result on bypass of security manager restrictions, information disclosure, denial of service or session fixation.

The remote Solaris system is missing necessary patches to address security updates :

  - Apache Tomcat 6.x before 6.0.37 and 7.x before 7.0.30     does not properly handle chunk extensions in chunked     transfer coding, which allows remote attackers to cause     a denial of service by streaming data. (CVE-2012-3544)

  - Unspecified vulnerability in the Javadoc component in     Oracle Java SE 7 Update 21 and earlier, 6 Update 45 and     earlier, and 5.0 Update 45 and earlier; JavaFX 2.2.21     and earlier; and OpenJDK 7 allows remote attackers to     affect integrity via unknown vectors related to Javadoc.
    NOTE: the previous information is from the June 2013     CPU. Oracle has not commented on claims from another     vendor that this issue is related to frame injection in     HTML that is generated by Javadoc. (CVE-2013-1571)

  - Apache Tomcat before 6.0.39, 7.x before 7.0.47, and 8.x     before 8.0.0-RC3, when an HTTP connector or AJP     connector is used, does not properly handle certain     inconsistent HTTP request headers, which allows remote     attackers to trigger incorrect identification of a     request's length and conduct request-smuggling attacks     via (1) multiple Content-Length headers or (2) a     Content-Length header and a 'Transfer-Encoding: chunked'     header. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an     incomplete fix for CVE-2005-2090. (CVE-2013-4286)

  - Apache Tomcat before 6.0.39, 7.x before 7.0.50, and 8.x     before 8.0.0-RC10 processes chunked transfer coding     without properly handling (1) a large total amount of     chunked data or (2) whitespace characters in an HTTP     header value within a trailer field, which allows remote     attackers to cause a denial of service by streaming     data. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an     incomplete fix for CVE-2012-3544. (CVE-2013-4322)

  - Apache Tomcat before 6.0.39, 7.x before 7.0.50, and 8.x     before 8.0.0-RC10 allows attackers to obtain 'Tomcat     internals' information by leveraging the presence of an     untrusted web application with a context.xml, web.xml,

    *.jspx, *.tagx, or *.tld XML document containing an     external entity declaration in conjunction with an     entity reference, related to an XML External Entity     (XXE) issue. (CVE-2013-4590)

  - org/apache/catalina/connector/CoyoteAdapter.java in     Apache Tomcat 6.0.33 through 6.0.37 does not consider     the disableURLRewriting setting when handling a session     ID in a URL, which allows remote attackers to conduct     session fixation attacks via a crafted URL.
    (CVE-2014-0033)

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201412-29 (Apache Tomcat: Multiple vulnerabilities)

    Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Tomcat. Please review       the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
  Impact :

    A remote attacker may be able to cause a Denial of Service condition as       well as obtain sensitive information, bypass protection mechanisms and       authentication restrictions.
  Workaround :

    There is no known workaround at this time.

The remote host has a version of Oracle Secure Global Desktop that is version 4.63, 4.71, 5.0 or 5.1. It is, therefore, affected by the following vulnerabilities :

  - Apache Tomcat does not properly handle certain     inconsistent HTTP request headers, which allows remote     attackers to trigger incorrect identification of a     request's length and conduct request-smuggling attacks.
    (CVE-2013-4286)

  - CoyoteAdapter.java in Apache Tomcat does not consider     the 'disableURLRewriting' setting when handling session     ID in a URL, allowing a remote attacker to conduct     session fixation attacks via a crafted URL.
    (CVE-2014-0033)

  - The 'log_cookie' function in mod_log_config.c of Apache     will not handle specially crafted cookies during     truncation, allowing a remote attacker to cause a denial     of service via a segmentation fault. (CVE-2014-0098)

  - Multiple integer overflows within X.Org libXfont that     could allow remote font servers to execute arbitrary     code via a crafted xfs reply, which triggers a buffer     overflow. (CVE-2014-0211)

  - OpenSSL does not properly restrict processing of     'ChangeCipherSpec' messages which allows     man-in-the-middle attackers to trigger use of a     zero-length master key and consequently hijack sessions     or obtain sensitive information via a crafted TLS     handshake. (CVE-2014-0224)

  - An unspecified flaw related to the Workspace Web     Application subcomponent could allow a remote attacker     to impact integrity. (CVE-2014-4232)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 5 / 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2014:0525 advisory.

    Red Hat JBoss Web Server is a fully integrated and certified set of     components for hosting Java web applications. It is comprised of the Apache     HTTP Server, the Apache Tomcat Servlet container, Apache Tomcat Connector     (mod_jk), JBoss HTTP Connector (mod_cluster), Hibernate, and the Tomcat     Native library.

    It was found that when Tomcat processed a series of HTTP requests in which     at least one request contained either multiple content-length headers, or     one content-length header with a chunked transfer-encoding header, Tomcat     would incorrectly handle the request. A remote attacker could use this flaw     to poison a web cache, perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks, or     obtain sensitive information from other requests. (CVE-2013-4286)

    It was discovered that the fix for CVE-2012-3544 did not properly resolve a     denial of service flaw in the way Tomcat processed chunk extensions and     trailing headers in chunked requests. A remote attacker could use this flaw     to send an excessively long request that, when processed by Tomcat, could     consume network bandwidth, CPU, and memory on the Tomcat server. Note that     chunked transfer encoding is enabled by default. (CVE-2013-4322)

    It was found that previous fixes in Tomcat 6 to path parameter handling     introduced a regression that caused Tomcat to not properly disable URL     rewriting to track session IDs when the disableURLRewriting option was     enabled. A man-in-the-middle attacker could potentially use this flaw to     hijack a user's session. (CVE-2014-0033)

    A denial of service flaw was found in the way Apache Commons FileUpload,     which is embedded in Tomcat, handled small-sized buffers used by     MultipartStream. A remote attacker could use this flaw to create a     malformed Content-Type header for a multipart request, causing Tomcat to     enter an infinite loop when processing such an incoming request.
    (CVE-2014-0050)

    All users of Red Hat JBoss Web Server 2.0.1 are advised to upgrade to these     updated tomcat6 packages, which contain backported patches to correct these     issues. The Red Hat JBoss Web Server process must be restarted for the     update to take effect.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise 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.

It was discovered that Tomcat incorrectly handled certain inconsistent HTTP headers. A remote attacker could possibly use this flaw to conduct request smuggling attacks. (CVE-2013-4286)

It was discovered that Tomcat incorrectly handled certain requests submitted using chunked transfer encoding. A remote attacker could use this flaw to cause the Tomcat server to stop responding, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2013-4322)

It was discovered that Tomcat incorrectly applied the disableURLRewriting setting when handling a session id in a URL. A remote attacker could possibly use this flaw to conduct session fixation attacks. This issue only applied to Ubuntu 12.04 LTS.
(CVE-2014-0033)

It was discovered that Tomcat incorrectly handled malformed Content-Type headers and multipart requests. A remote attacker could use this flaw to cause the Tomcat server to stop responding, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only applied to Ubuntu 12.10 and Ubuntu 13.10. (CVE-2014-0050).

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

According to its self-reported version number, the instance of Apache Tomcat 6.0.x listening on the remote host is prior to 6.0.39. It is, therefore, affected by the following vulnerabilities :

  - The version of Java used to build the application     generates Javadoc containing a frame injection error.
    (CVE-2013-1571)

  - The fix for CVE-2005-2090 was not complete and the     application does not reject requests with multiple     Content-Length HTTP headers or with Content-Length     HTTP headers when using chunked encoding.
    (CVE-2013-4286)

  - The fix for CVE-2012-3544 was not complete and limits     are not properly applied to chunk extensions and     whitespaces in certain trailing headers. This error     allows denial of service attacks. (CVE-2013-4322)

  - The application allows XML External Entity (XXE)     processing that discloses sensitive information.
    (CVE-2013-4590)

  - An error exists related to the 'disableURLRewriting'     configuration option and session IDs. (CVE-2014-0033)

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

ID	Name	Product	Family	Type	Severity
411438	SCA: security update for org.apache.tomcat:tomcat (GHSA-6gjj-c5mj-4cvp)	Tenable Cloud Security	SCA Checks	Local	medium
411438	SCA: security update for org.apache.tomcat:tomcat (GHSA-6gjj-c5mj-4cvp)	Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security	SCA Checks	Local	medium
90205	Debian DSA-3530-1 : tomcat6 - security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	Local	high
80793	Oracle Solaris Third-Party Patch Update : tomcat (multiple_vulnerabilities_in_apache_tomcat4)	Nessus	Solaris Local Security Checks	Local	medium
79982	GLSA-201412-29 : Apache Tomcat: Multiple vulnerabilities	Nessus	Gentoo Local Security Checks	Local	high
76570	Oracle Secure Global Desktop Multiple Vulnerabilities (July 2014 CPU)	Nessus	Misc.	Local	high
76240	RHEL 5 / 6 : Red Hat JBoss Web Server 2.0.1 tomcat6 (RHSA-2014:0525)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	Local	critical
72874	Ubuntu 10.04 LTS / 12.04 LTS / 12.10 / 13.10 : tomcat6, tomcat7 vulnerabilities (USN-2130-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	Local	high
72690	Apache Tomcat 6.0.x < 6.0.39 Multiple Vulnerabilities	Nessus	Web Servers	Combined	medium

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