Debian DSA-4118-1 : tomcat-native - security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 106876

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Jonas Klempel reported that tomcat-native, a library giving Tomcat access to the Apache Portable Runtime (APR) library's network connection (socket) implementation and random-number generator, does not properly handle fields longer than 127 bytes when parsing the AIA-Extension field of a client certificate. If OCSP checks are used, this could result in client certificates that should have been rejected to be accepted.

Solution

Upgrade the tomcat-native packages.

For the oldstable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 1.1.32~repack-2+deb8u1.

For the stable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in version 1.2.12-2+deb9u1.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 106876

File Name: debian_DSA-4118.nasl

Version: 3.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 2/20/2018

Updated: 10/29/2025

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-15698

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 5.2

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:tomcat-native, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/17/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-15698

DSA: 4118

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