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Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 24.10 / 25.04 : Tomcat vulnerabilities (USN-7562-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 238065

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 24.10 / 25.04 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-7562-1 advisory.

 It was discovered that Tomcat did not include the secure attribute for session cookies when using the RemoteIpFilter with requests from a reverse proxy. An attacker could possibly use this issue to leak sensitive information. This issue was fixed for tomcat8 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and for tomcat9 on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, Ubuntu 24.10, and Ubuntu 25.04. (CVE-2023-28708)

 It was discovered that Tomcat incorrectly recycled certain objects, which could lead to information leaking from one request to the next. An attacker could potentially use this issue to leak sensitive information. This issue was fixed for tomcat8 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

 and for tomcat9 on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, Ubuntu 24.10, and

 Ubuntu 25.04. (CVE-2023-42795)

 It was discovered that Tomcat incorrectly handled HTTP trailer headers. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to perform HTTP request smuggling. This issue was fixed for tomcat8 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and

 for tomcat9 on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, Ubuntu 24.10, and Ubuntu 25.04. (CVE-2023-45648)

 It was discovered that Tomcat incorrectly handled incomplete POST requests, which could cause error responses to contain data from previous requests. An attacker could potentially use this issue to leak sensitive information.

 This issue was fixed for tomcat8 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and for tomcat9 on

 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2024-21733)

 It was discovered that Tomcat incorrectly handled socket cleanup, which could lead to websocket connections staying open. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue was fixed

 for tomcat8 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, tomcat9 on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS,

 Ubuntu 24.10, and Ubuntu 25.04, and for tomcat10 on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. (CVE-2024-23672)

 It was discovered that Tomcat incorrectly handled HTTP/2 requests that exceeded configured header limits.
 An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2024-24549)

 It was discovered that Tomcat incorrectly handled some cases of excessive HTTP headers when processing HTTP/2 streams. This led to miscounting of active streams and incorrect timeout handling. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause connections to remain open indefinitely, leading to a denial of service. This issue was fixed for tomcat9 on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS,

 Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, Ubuntu 24.10, and Ubuntu 25.04, and for tomcat10 on

 Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. (CVE-2024-34750)

 It was discovered that Tomcat incorrectly handled TLS handshake processes under certain configurations. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue was fixed for tomcat9 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, Ubuntu 24.04 LTS,

 Ubuntu 24.10, and Ubuntu 25.04, and for tomcat10 on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS.

 (CVE-2024-38286)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu 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.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7562-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 238065

File Name: ubuntu_USN-7562-1.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/10/2025

Updated: 6/11/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-21733

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.7

Threat Score: 7.7

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-34750

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:tomcat10-common, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:tomcat9-user, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:tomcat9-admin, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libtomcat10-embed-java, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:tomcat10-examples, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:tomcat10, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libtomcat8-embed-java, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.10, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libtomcat9-embed-java, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:tomcat8-admin, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:tomcat10-user, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:tomcat9, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:tomcat8-common, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libtomcat8-java, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:tomcat8-examples, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:tomcat9-common, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libtomcat9-java, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:tomcat10-admin, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libtomcat10-java, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:tomcat8-user, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:25.04, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:tomcat9-examples, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:tomcat8

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/9/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/10/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-28708, CVE-2023-42795, CVE-2023-45648, CVE-2024-21733, CVE-2024-23672, CVE-2024-24549, CVE-2024-34750, CVE-2024-38286

IAVA: 2023-A-0156-S, 2023-A-0534-S, 2023-A-0661-S, 2024-A-0144-S, 2024-A-0393-S, 2024-A-0589-S

USN: 7562-1