openSUSE Security Update : tomcat6 (openSUSE-SU-2011:0988-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 75762

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The following security issues were fixed in tomcat :

- Fixed a tomcat user password information leak (CVE-2011-2204)

- Fixed atomcat information leak and DoS (CVE-2011-2526)

Also one bug was fixed :

- fix bnc#702289 - suse manager pam ldap authentication fails

- source CATALINA_HOME/bin/setenv.sh if exists

Solution

Update the affected tomcat6 packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=702289

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=706382

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=706404

https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2011-09/msg00001.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 75762

File Name: suse_11_3_tomcat6-110815.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/13/2014

Updated: 1/14/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/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:11.3

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

Patch Publication Date: 8/15/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-2204, CVE-2011-2526