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Oracle Linux 9 : tomcat (ELSA-2025-11335)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 242194

Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2025-11335 advisory.

 - Resolves: RHEL-91765 tomcat: DoS via malformed HTTP/2 PRIORITY_UPDATE frame (CVE-2025-31650)
 - Resolves: RHEL-71981 tomcat: Incomplete fix for CVE-2024-50379 - RCE due to TOCTOU issue in JSP compilation (CVE-2024-56337)
 - Resolves: RHEL-82945 tomcat: Potential RCE and/or information disclosure and/or information corruption with partial PUT (CVE-2025-24813)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux 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://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2025-11335.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 242194

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2025-11335.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/16/2025

Updated: 7/16/2025

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-31650

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.2

Threat Score: 8.2

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-56337

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:tomcat, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:tomcat-admin-webapps, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:tomcat-docs-webapp, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:tomcat-lib, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:tomcat-webapps, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:9, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:tomcat-el-3.0-api, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:tomcat-jsp-2.3-api, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:tomcat-servlet-4.0-api

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/OracleLinux

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/16/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/9/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-56337, CVE-2025-31650

IAVA: 2024-A-0822-S, 2025-A-0313-S