Apache Tomcat 4.x < 4.1.3 Denial of Service

medium Nessus Plugin ID 49702

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Synopsis

The remote Apache Tomcat server is affected by a denial of service vulnerability.

Description

According to its self-reported version number, the instance of Apache Tomcat 4.x listening on the remote host is prior to 4.1.3. It is, therefore, affected by a denial of service vulnerability.

A malicious HTTP request can cause a request processing thread to become unresponsive. Further requests of this type can cause all request processing threads to become unresponsive.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to Apache Tomcat version 4.1.3 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 49702

File Name: tomcat_4_1_3.nasl

Version: 1.17

Type: combined

Agent: windows, macosx, unix

Family: Web Servers

Published: 10/1/2010

Updated: 4/11/2022

Configuration: Enable thorough checks

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2002-0935

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.6

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:apache:tomcat

Required KB Items: installed_sw/Apache Tomcat

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/30/2002

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/20/2002

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2002-0935

BID: 5067

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