SUSE SLES12: javapackages-tools / tomcat / tomcat-admin-webapps / etc (SUSE-SU-2021:3602-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 154907

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES12 / SLES_SAP12 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2021:3602-1 advisory.

This update for tomcat, javapackages-tools fixes the following issue:

Security issue fixed:

- CVE-2021-30640: Escape parameters in JNDI Realm queries (bsc#1188279).
- CVE-2021-33037: Process T-E header from both HTTP 1.0 and HTTP 1.1. clients (bsc#1188278).
- CVE-2021-41079: Fixed a denial of service caused by an unexpected TLS packet (bsc#1190558).

Non-security issues fixed:

- Add requires and conflicts to avoid the usage of the incompatible 'Java 11' with 'Tomcat'. (bsc#1185476)
- Rebuild javapackages-tools to fix a missing package on s390.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

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

Solution

Update the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 154907

File Name: suse_SU-2021-3602-1.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 11/5/2021

Updated: 6/25/2026

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.5

Percentile: 51.63

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.8

Temporal Score: 4.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-30640

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:javapackages-tools, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:tomcat, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:tomcat-admin-webapps, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:tomcat-docs-webapp, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:tomcat-el-3_0-api, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:tomcat-javadoc, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:tomcat-jsp-2_3-api, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:tomcat-lib, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:tomcat-servlet-4_0-api, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:tomcat-webapps

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/3/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/10/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-30640, CVE-2021-33037, CVE-2021-41079

IAVA: 2021-A-0303-S

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2021:3602-1

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