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openSUSE 16 Security Update : tomcat (openSUSE-SU-2026:20034-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 287971

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote openSUSE 16 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the openSUSE-SU-2026:20034-1 advisory.

 - Update to Tomcat 9.0.111
 - Security fixes:
 - CVE-2025-55752: directory traversal via rewrite with possible RCE if PUT is enabled (bsc#1252753).
 - CVE-2025-55754: improper neutralization of Escape, Meta, or Control Sequences vulnerability in Apache Tomcat (bsc#1252905).
 - CVE-2025-61795: temporary copies during the processing of multipart upload can lead to a denial of service (bsc#1252756).

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE 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://bugzilla.suse.com/1252753

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1252756

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1252905

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-55752

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-55754

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-61795

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 287971

File Name: openSUSE-2026-20034-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/16/2026

Updated: 1/16/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-55754

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.6

Temporal Score: 8.6

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.7

Threat Score: 6.8

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-55752

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:16.0, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:tomcat-webapps, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:tomcat-lib, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:tomcat-servlet-4_0-api, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:tomcat-admin-webapps, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:tomcat-jsvc, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:tomcat-embed, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:tomcat-jsp-2_3-api, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:tomcat-el-3_0-api, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:tomcat-javadoc, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:tomcat

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/14/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/8/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-55752, CVE-2025-55754, CVE-2025-61795

IAVA: 2025-A-0803