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RHEL 8 : tomcat (RHSA-2024:0125)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 187877
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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-2024:0125 advisory.- tomcat: Open Redirect vulnerability in FORM authentication (CVE-2023-41080)
- tomcat: FileUpload: DoS due to accumulation of temporary files on Windows (CVE-2023-42794)
- tomcat: improper cleaning of recycled objects could lead to information leak (CVE-2023-42795)
- tomcat: incorrectly parsed http trailer headers can cause request smuggling (CVE-2023-45648)
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-2024:0125.See Also
http://www.nessus.org/u?35254470
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2235370
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2243749
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2243751
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 187877
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2024-0125.nasl
Version: 1.1
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 1/10/2024
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: 6.4
Temporal Score: 4.7
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-41080
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.1
Temporal Score: 5.3
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/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: 1/10/2024
Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/25/2023
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2023-41080, CVE-2023-42794, CVE-2023-42795, CVE-2023-45648