Debian DSA-4673-1 : tomcat8 - security update

critical Nessus Plugin ID 136369

Synopsis

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

Description

Several vulnerabilities were discovered in the Tomcat servlet and JSP engine, which could result in HTTP request smuggling and code execution in the AJP connector (disabled by default in Debian).

Solution

Upgrade the tomcat8 packages.

For the oldstable distribution (stretch), these problems have been fixed in version 8.5.54-0+deb9u1.

See Also

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/tomcat8

https://packages.debian.org/source/stretch/tomcat8

https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4673

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 136369

File Name: debian_DSA-4673.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/7/2020

Updated: 1/10/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.0

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-2020-1938

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:debian:debian_linux:tomcat8, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/3/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/24/2020

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 3/17/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-17569, CVE-2020-1935, CVE-2020-1938

DSA: 4673