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openSUSE Security Update : tomcat6 (tomcat6-999)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 40316

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

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=509839

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=509840

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 40316

File Name: suse_11_1_tomcat6-090613.nasl

Version: 1.17

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/21/2009

Updated: 1/14/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#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-admin-webapps, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:tomcat6-servlet-2_5-api, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:tomcat6-docs-webapp, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:tomcat6-lib, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:tomcat6-javadoc, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:tomcat6-jsp-2_1-api, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:11.1, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:tomcat6, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:tomcat6-webapps

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

CWE: 20, 200, 22, 79