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MiracleLinux 7 : tomcat-7.0.76-3.el7 (AXSA:2017-2389:05)
high Nessus Plugin ID 289035
Synopsis
The remote MiracleLinux host is missing one or more security updates.Description
The remote MiracleLinux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the AXSA:2017-2389:05 advisory.* A vulnerability was discovered in Tomcat's handling of pipelined requests when Sendfile was used. If sendfile processing completed quickly, it was possible for the Processor to be added to the processor cache twice. This could lead to invalid responses or information disclosure. (CVE-2017-5647)
* Two vulnerabilities were discovered in Tomcat where if a servlet context was configured with readonly=false and HTTP PUT requests were allowed, an attacker could upload a JSP file to that context and achieve code execution. (CVE-2017-12615, CVE-2017-12617)
* A vulnerability was discovered in Tomcat where the CORS Filter did not send a Vary: Origin HTTP header. This potentially allowed sensitive data to be leaked to other visitors through both client-side and server-side caches. (CVE-2017-7674) CVE-2017-12615 When running Apache Tomcat 7.0.0 to 7.0.79 on Windows with HTTP PUTs enabled (e.g. via setting the readonly initialisation parameter of the Default to false) it was possible to upload a JSP file to the server via a specially crafted request. This JSP could then be requested and any code it contained would be executed by the server.
CVE-2017-12617 When running Apache Tomcat versions 9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.0, 8.5.0 to 8.5.22, 8.0.0.RC1 to 8.0.46 and 7.0.0 to 7.0.81 with HTTP PUTs enabled (e.g. via setting the readonly initialisation parameter of the Default servlet to false) it was possible to upload a JSP file to the server via a specially crafted request. This JSP could then be requested and any code it contained would be executed by the server.
CVE-2017-5647 A bug in the handling of the pipelined requests in Apache Tomcat 9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.0.M18, 8.5.0 to 8.5.12, 8.0.0.RC1 to 8.0.42, 7.0.0 to 7.0.76, and 6.0.0 to 6.0.52, when send file was used, results in the pipelined request being lost when send file processing of the previous request completed. This could result in responses appearing to be sent for the wrong request. For example, a user agent that sent requests A, B and C could see the correct response for request A, the response for request C for request B and no response for request C.
CVE-2017-7674 The CORS Filter in Apache Tomcat 9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.0.M21, 8.5.0 to 8.5.15, 8.0.0.RC1 to 8.0.44 and 7.0.41 to 7.0.78 did not add an HTTP Vary header indicating that the response varies depending on Origin.
This permitted client and server side cache poisoning in some circumstances.
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
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 289035
File Name: miracle_linux_AXSA-2017-2389.nasl
Version: 1.2
Type: local
Published: 1/16/2026
Updated: 1/17/2026
Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: High
Score: 8.9
Vendor
Vendor Severity: High
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.8
Temporal Score: 5.9
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-12617
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 8.1
Temporal Score: 7.7
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:H/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:tomcat-lib, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:tomcat-jsp-2.2-api, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:tomcat-webapps, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:tomcat-admin-webapps, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:tomcat-servlet-3.0-api, cpe:/o:miracle:linux:7, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:tomcat-el-2.2-api, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:tomcat
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/MiracleLinux/release, Host/MiracleLinux/rpm-list
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 11/1/2017
Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/2/2017
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 4/15/2022
Exploitable With
CANVAS (CANVAS)
Core Impact
Metasploit (Tomcat RCE via JSP Upload Bypass)
Elliot (Apache Tomcat for Windows HTTP PUT Method File Upload)
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2017-12615, CVE-2017-12617, CVE-2017-5647, CVE-2017-7674