openSUSE Security Update : tomcat6 (tomcat6-999)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 40316
New! Plugin Severity Now Using CVSS v3
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Synopsis
The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.Description
This update of tomcat fixes several vulnerabilities :- CVE-2008-5515: RequestDispatcher usage can lead to information leakage
- CVE-2009-0033: denial of service via AJP connection
- CVE-2009-0580: some authentication classes allow user enumeration
- CVE-2009-0781: XSS bug in example application cal2.jsp
- CVE-2009-0783: replacing XML parser leads to information leakage Additionally, non-security bugs were fixed.
Solution
Update the affected tomcat6 packages.See Also
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=418664
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=424675
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=433852
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=446598
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=484760
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=485933
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 40316
File Name: suse_11_1_tomcat6-090613.nasl
Version: 1.17
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: SuSE Local Security Checks
Published: 7/21/2009
Updated: 1/14/2021
Dependencies: ssh_get_info.nasl
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.2
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 4.2
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:tomcat6, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:tomcat6-admin-webapps, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:tomcat6-docs-webapp, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:tomcat6-javadoc, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:tomcat6-jsp-2_1-api, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:tomcat6-lib, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:tomcat6-servlet-2_5-api, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:tomcat6-webapps, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:11.1
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 6/13/2009
Exploitable With
CANVAS (D2ExploitPack)
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2008-5515, CVE-2009-0033, CVE-2009-0580, CVE-2009-0781, CVE-2009-0783