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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2024-38286

high Nessus Plugin ID 229006

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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.

 - Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling vulnerability in Apache Tomcat. This issue affects Apache Tomcat: from 11.0.0-M1 through 11.0.0-M20, from 10.1.0-M1 through 10.1.24, from 9.0.13 through 9.0.89. The following versions were EOL at the time the CVE was created but are known to be affected:
 8.5.35 through 8.5.100 and 7.0.92 through 7.0.109. Other EOL versions may also be affected. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 11.0.0-M21, 10.1.25, or 9.0.90, which fixes the issue. Apache Tomcat, under certain configurations on any platform, allows an attacker to cause an OutOfMemoryError by abusing the TLS handshake process. (CVE-2024-38286)

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-2024-38286

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-38286

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 229006

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2024_38286.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 3/5/2025

Updated: 11/6/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 4.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-38286

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.9

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:U/RL:U/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:tomcat-servlet-6.0-api, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:pki-servlet-engine, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat-el-5.0-api, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat-jsp-3.1-api, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat-lib, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:tomcat-docs-webapp, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:centos:centos:8, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:tomcat-lib, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat-docs-webapp, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:tomcat-admin-webapps, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat-admin-webapps, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat-servlet-6.0-api, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:tomcat-jsp-3.1-api, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:pki-servlet-4.0-api, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:tomcat-el-5.0-api, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:tomcat, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pki-servlet-4.0-api, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pki-servlet-engine, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat-webapps, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:tomcat-webapps, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:tomcat8

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/19/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-38286