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FreeBSD : tomcat -- Security constraints ignored or applied too late (55c4233e-1844-11e8-a712-0025908740c2)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 107043

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Synopsis

The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates.

Description

The Apache Software Foundation reports :

Security constraints defined by annotations of Servlets were only applied once a Servlet had been loaded. Because security constraints defined in this way apply to the URL pattern and any URLs below that point, it was possible - depending on the order Servlets were loaded - for some security constraints not to be applied. This could have exposed resources to users who were not authorised to access them.

The URL pattern of '' (the empty string) which exactly maps to the context root was not correctly handled when used as part of a security constraint definition. This caused the constraint to be ignored. It was, therefore, possible for unauthorised users to gain access to web application resources that should have been protected. Only security constraints with a URL pattern of the empty string were affected.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

http://tomcat.apache.org/security-9.html

http://tomcat.apache.org/security-8.html

http://tomcat.apache.org/security-7.html

http://www.nessus.org/u?f7be80d4

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 107043

File Name: freebsd_pkg_55c4233e184411e8a7120025908740c2.nasl

Version: 3.9

Type: local

Published: 2/28/2018

Updated: 10/27/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-1304

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-1305

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:tomcat

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/23/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/23/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-1304, CVE-2018-1305