GLSA-200906-04 : Apache Tomcat JK Connector: Information disclosure

low Nessus Plugin ID 39571

Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200906-04 (Apache Tomcat JK Connector: Information disclosure)

The Red Hat Security Response Team discovered that mod_jk does not properly handle (1) requests setting the 'Content-Length' header while not providing data and (2) clients sending repeated requests very quickly.
Impact :

A remote attacker could send specially crafted requests or a large number of requests at a time, possibly resulting in the disclosure of a response intended for another client.
Workaround :

There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All Apache Tomcat JK Connector users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=www-apache/mod_jk-1.2.27'

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 39571

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200906-04.nasl

Version: 1.12

Type: local

Family: Gentoo Local Security Checks

Published: 6/30/2009

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.6

Temporal Score: 1.9

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:mod_jk, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/29/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-5519

CWE: 200

GLSA: 200906-04

Detections

Analytics