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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-55752

high Nessus Plugin ID 271816

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.

 - Relative Path Traversal vulnerability in Apache Tomcat. The fix for bug 60013 introduced a regression where the rewritten URL was normalized before it was decoded. This introduced the possibility that, for rewrite rules that rewrite query parameters to the URL, an attacker could manipulate the request URI to bypass security constraints including the protection for /WEB-INF/ and /META-INF/. If PUT requests were also enabled then malicious files could be uploaded leading to remote code execution. PUT requests are normally limited to trusted users and it is considered unlikely that PUT requests would be enabled in conjunction with a rewrite that manipulated the URI. This issue affects Apache Tomcat: from 11.0.0-M1 through 11.0.10, from 10.1.0-M1 through 10.1.44, from 9.0.0.M11 through 9.0.108. The following versions were EOL at the time the CVE was created but are known to be affected: 8.5.6 though 8.5.100. Other, older, EOL versions may also be affected. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 11.0.11 or later, 10.1.45 or later or 9.0.109 or later, which fix the issue. (CVE-2025-55752)

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-2025-55752

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-55752

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-55752

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 271816

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2025_55752.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 10/28/2025

Updated: 10/29/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.1

Temporal Score: 4.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-55752

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.9

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:U/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:tomcat-lib, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat9-servlet-4.0-api, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:idm-pki-kra, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:idm-pki-base, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:idm-pki-est, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pki-servlet-4.0-api, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:jss, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:pki-acme, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:tomcat-webapps, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:tomcat, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat-el-5.0-api, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:idm-pki-base, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:tomcat-docs-webapp, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:log4j, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:idm-jss, cpe:/o:centos:centos:8, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:pki-symkey, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pki-acme, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat9-admin-webapps, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:tomcat9-lib, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:log4j-slf4j, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat9, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:tomcat-el-3.0-api, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:pki-base, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:idm-pki-est, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:tomcat-jsp-2.3-api, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:tomcat9-webapps, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:log4j-jcl, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:log4j-slf4j, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pki-tools, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:pki-core, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pki-ca, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat9-docs-webapp, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat-jsp-3.1-api, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:idm-pki-kra, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:tomcat-admin-webapps, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:idm-pki-server, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat9-el-3.0-api, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3-idm-pki, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:idm-pki-acme, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat-lib, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:log4j-web, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:idm-jss, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat-webapps, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:pki-server, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:pki-base-java, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:tomcat11, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:tomcat-el-5.0-api, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:tomcat11, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat-el-3.0-api, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:idm-jss-tomcat, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat9-webapps, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:tomcat9-servlet-4.0-api, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:idm-jss-tomcat, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:idm-pki-ca, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:25.04, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python3-pki, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat-servlet-4.0-api, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat9-jsp-2.3-api, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:pki-ca, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:log4j-jcl, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3-pki, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:25.10, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:tomcat9, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:13.0, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:idm-pki-ca, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat-jsp-2.3-api, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:tomcat9, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jss, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:tomcat10, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:idm-pki-acme, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat-admin-webapps, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:idm-pki-tools, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pki-kra, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:pki-servlet-engine, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:idm-pki-java, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python3-idm-pki, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:tomcat-servlet-4.0-api, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:log4j-web, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:idm-pki-server, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat-docs-webapp, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat-servlet-6.0-api, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:tomcat-jsp-3.1-api, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pki-base, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pki-symkey, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pki-server, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:tomcat9-docs-webapp, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:tomcat9-admin-webapps, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:tomcat9-jsp-2.3-api, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:idm-pki-java, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pki-servlet-engine, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:mod_proxy_cluster, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pki-core, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat9-lib, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:pki-kra, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:idm-pki-tools, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:pki-tools, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:tomcat9-el-3.0-api, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:tomcat-servlet-6.0-api, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:log4j, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:tomcat10, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pki-base-java, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:pki-servlet-4.0-api, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mod_proxy_cluster, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:12.0

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: 9/5/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-55752