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AlmaLinux 8 : tomcat (ALSA-2025:14177)

high Nessus Plugin ID 253518

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote AlmaLinux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALSA-2025:14177 advisory.

 * tomcat: Apache Tomcat DoS in multipart upload (CVE-2025-48988)
 * tomcat: Apache Tomcat: Security constraint bypass for pre/post-resources (CVE-2025-49125)
 * apache-commons-fileupload: Apache Commons FileUpload DoS via part headers (CVE-2025-48976)
 * tomcat: http/2 MadeYouReset DoS attack through HTTP/2 control frames (CVE-2025-48989)
 * tomcat: Apache Tomcat denial of service (CVE-2025-52520)
 * tomcat: Apache Tomcat denial of service (CVE-2025-52434)
 * tomcat: Apache Tomcat denial of service (CVE-2025-53506)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the AlmaLinux 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://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2025-14177.html

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:14177

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 253518

File Name: alma_linux_ALSA-2025-14177.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 8/21/2025

Updated: 8/21/2025

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Temporal Score: 5.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-49125

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:H/I:N/A:N

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.9

Threat Score: 7.7

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-53506

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:tomcat-lib, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:tomcat-admin-webapps, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:tomcat-docs-webapp, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::appstream, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:tomcat-jsp-2.3-api, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:tomcat-servlet-4.0-api, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::nfv, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::powertools, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::supplementary, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:tomcat, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::sap_hana, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:tomcat-webapps, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::highavailability, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::realtime, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::resilientstorage, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::baseos, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::sap, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:tomcat-el-3.0-api

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/AlmaLinux/release, Host/AlmaLinux/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/20/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/10/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-48976, CVE-2025-48988, CVE-2025-48989, CVE-2025-49125, CVE-2025-52434, CVE-2025-52520, CVE-2025-53506

CWE: 190, 288, 362, 400, 770

RHSA: 2025:14177