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MiracleLinux 3 : tomcat5-5.5.23-0jpp.9.0.1.AXS3 (AXSA:2010-401:01)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 284401

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote MiracleLinux 3 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the AXSA:2010-401:01 advisory.

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 Security issues fixed with this release:
 CVE-2009-2693 Directory traversal vulnerability in Apache Tomcat 5.5.0 through 5.5.28 and 6.0.0 through 6.0.20 allows remote attackers to create or overwrite arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in an entry in a WAR file, as demonstrated by a ../../bin/catalina.bat entry.
 CVE-2009-2696 No information available at the time of writing, see the links below.
 CVE-2009-2902 Directory traversal vulnerability in Apache Tomcat 5.5.0 through 5.5.28 and 6.0.0 through 6.0.20 allows remote attackers to delete work-directory files via directory traversal sequences in a WAR filename, as demonstrated by the ...war filename.
 CVE-2010-2227 Apache Tomcat 5.5.0 through 5.5.29, 6.0.0 through 6.0.27, and 7.0.0 beta does not properly handle an invalid Transfer-Encoding header, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application outage) or obtain sensitive information via a crafted header that interferes with recycling of a buffer.
 1564,Archive::Tar provides an object oriented mechanism for handling tar files. It provides class methods for quick and easy files handling while also allowing for the creation of tar file objects for custom manipulation. If you have the IO::Zlib module installed

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the MiracleLinux 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://tsn.miraclelinux.com/en/node/1563

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 284401

File Name: miracle_linux_AXSA-2010-401.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 1/14/2026

Updated: 1/14/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.7

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2010-2227

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:miracle:linux:3, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:tomcat5-server-lib, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:tomcat5-jsp-2.0-api-javadoc, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:tomcat5-webapps, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:tomcat5-common-lib, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:tomcat5-jasper-javadoc, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:tomcat5-jsp-2.0-api, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:tomcat5-servlet-2.4-api-javadoc, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:tomcat5-servlet-2.4-api, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:tomcat5-admin-webapps, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:tomcat5-jasper, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:tomcat5

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/6/2010

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/25/2010

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-2693, CVE-2009-2696, CVE-2009-2902, CVE-2010-2227