Debian DSA-4680-1 : tomcat9 - security update

critical Nessus Plugin ID 136376

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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, code execution in the AJP connector (disabled by default in Debian) or a man-in-the-middle attack against the JMX interface.

Solution

Upgrade the tomcat9 packages.

For the stable distribution (buster), these problems have been fixed in version 9.0.31-1~deb10u1. The fix for CVE-2020-1938 may require configuration changes when Tomcat is used with the AJP connector, e.g.
in combination with libapache-mod-jk. For instance the attribute'secretRequired' is set to true by default now. For affected setups it's recommended to review https://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-9.0-doc/config/ajp.htmlbefore the deploying the update.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 136376

File Name: debian_DSA-4680.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 5/7/2020

Updated: 1/10/2023

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, 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:tomcat9, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:10.0

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: 5/6/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/21/2019

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

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-10072, CVE-2019-12418, CVE-2019-17563, CVE-2019-17569, CVE-2020-1935, CVE-2020-1938

DSA: 4680

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