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RHEL 8 : tomcat (RHSA-2023:7065)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 185704
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Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for tomcat.Description
The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2023:7065 advisory.- Apache Commons FileUpload: FileUpload DoS with excessive parts (CVE-2023-24998)
- tomcat: not including the secure attribute causes information disclosure (CVE-2023-28708)
- tomcat: Fix for CVE-2023-24998 was incomplete (CVE-2023-28709)
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 RHEL tomcat package based on the guidance in RHSA-2023:7065.See Also
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7065
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2172298
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2173874
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2180856
http://www.nessus.org/u?819248f8
http://www.nessus.org/u?b1856b26
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 185704
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2023-7065.nasl
Version: 1.1
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 11/14/2023
Updated: 4/28/2024
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Low
Score: 3.6
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5
Temporal Score: 3.7
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-28708
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 4.3
Temporal Score: 3.8
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat-admin-webapps, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat-docs-webapp, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat-el-3.0-api, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat-jsp-2.3-api, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat-lib, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat-servlet-4.0-api, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat-webapps
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 11/14/2023
Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/20/2023