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GLSA-201705-09 : Apache Tomcat: Multiple vulnerabilities

critical Nessus Plugin ID 100262

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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-201705-09 (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, obtain sensitive information, bypass protection mechanisms and authentication restrictions.
 A local attacker, who is a tomcat’s system user or belongs to tomcat’s group, could potentially escalate privileges.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All Apache Tomcat users have to manually check their Tomcat runscripts to make sure that they don’t use an old, vulnerable runscript. In addition:
 All Apache Tomcat 7 users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=www-servers/tomcat-7.0.70:7' All Apache Tomcat 8 users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=www-servers/tomcat-8.0.36:8'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-09

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 100262

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201705-09.nasl

Version: 3.9

Type: local

Published: 5/18/2017

Updated: 12/18/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-5651

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 9.4

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:H/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/18/2017

Exploitable With

Metasploit (Apache Tomcat on Ubuntu Log Init Privilege Escalation)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-5174, CVE-2015-5345, CVE-2015-5346, CVE-2015-5351, CVE-2016-0706, CVE-2016-0714, CVE-2016-0763, CVE-2016-1240, CVE-2016-3092, CVE-2016-8745, CVE-2017-5647, CVE-2017-5648, CVE-2017-5650, CVE-2017-5651

GLSA: 201705-09