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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2017-12616

high Nessus Plugin ID 220432

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Synopsis

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed with a vulnerability that the vendor indicates will not be patched.

Description

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

 - When using a VirtualDirContext with Apache Tomcat 7.0.0 to 7.0.80 it was possible to bypass security constraints and/or view the source code of JSPs for resources served by the VirtualDirContext using a specially crafted request. (CVE-2017-12616)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

Solution

There is no known solution at this time.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2017-12616

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-12616

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 220432

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2017_12616.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 3/4/2025

Updated: 9/3/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.1

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 4.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-12616

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat6-jsp-2.1-api, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:tomcat, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:tomcat-webapps, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:tomcat-el-2.2-api, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:tomcat6, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:tomcat-docs-webapp, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:tomcat6-lib, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat6-el-2.1-api, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:tomcat-lib, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:tomcat6-admin-webapps, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:tomcat-admin-webapps, cpe:/o:centos:centos:7, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:tomcat7, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat6-admin-webapps, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:tomcat6-log4j, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:tomcat6-webapps, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat6-log4j, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat-webapps, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat-jsp-2.2-api, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat-lib, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:tomcat-jsvc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat6-servlet-2.5-api, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat-javadoc, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:tomcat6-javadoc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat6-javadoc, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:tomcat6-docs-webapp, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat-el-2.2-api, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:tomcat-servlet-3.0-api, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat-servlet-3.0-api, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat-jsvc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat6-lib, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat-docs-webapp, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat6, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat-admin-webapps, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:tomcat-jsp-2.2-api, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:tomcat6-el-2.1-api, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat6-webapps, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:tomcat-javadoc, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:tomcat6-jsp-2.1-api, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat6-docs-webapp, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:tomcat6-servlet-2.5-api

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, global_settings/vendor_unpatched, Host/OS/identifier

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/19/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-12616