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RHEL 6 / 8 : Red Hat JBoss Web Server 5.4 security release (Moderate) (RHSA-2020:5170)

high Nessus Plugin ID 143199

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 / 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2020:5170 advisory.

 - tomcat: specially crafted sequence of HTTP/2 requests can lead to DoS (CVE-2020-11996)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-11996

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:5170

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1851420

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 143199

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2020-5170.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/23/2020

Updated: 2/8/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-11996

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jws5-mod_cluster, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jws5-mod_cluster-tomcat, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jws5-tomcat, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jws5-tomcat-admin-webapps, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jws5-tomcat-docs-webapp, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jws5-tomcat-el-3.0-api, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jws5-tomcat-javadoc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jws5-tomcat-jsp-2.3-api, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jws5-tomcat-lib, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jws5-tomcat-native, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jws5-tomcat-selinux, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jws5-tomcat-servlet-4.0-api, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jws5-tomcat-webapps

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/23/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/7/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-11996

CWE: 400

IAVA: 2020-A-0292-S

RHSA: 2020:5170