GLSA-201206-24 : Apache Tomcat: Multiple vulnerabilities
medium Nessus Plugin ID 59677
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Synopsis
The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.Description
The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201206-24 (Apache Tomcat: Multiple vulnerabilities)Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Apache Tomcat. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
Impact :
The vulnerabilities allow an attacker to cause a Denial of Service, to hijack a session, to bypass authentication, to inject webscript, to enumerate valid usernames, to read, modify and overwrite arbitrary files, to bypass intended access restrictions, to delete work-directory files, to discover the server’s hostname or IP, to bypass read permissions for files or HTTP headers, to read or write files outside of the intended working directory, and to obtain sensitive information by reading a log file.
Workaround :
There is no known workaround at this time.
Solution
All Apache Tomcat 6.0.x users should upgrade to the latest version:# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=www-servers/tomcat-6.0.35' All Apache Tomcat 7.0.x users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=www-servers/tomcat-7.0.23'
See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 59677
File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201206-24.nasl
Version: 1.20
Type: local
Family: Gentoo Local Security Checks
Published: 6/25/2012
Updated: 1/6/2021
Dependencies: ssh_get_info.nasl
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.2
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.5
Temporal Score: 6.2
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Temporal Vector: E:F/RL:OF/RC:C
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 4.2
Temporal Score: 3.9
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Temporal Vector: E:F/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:tomcat, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 6/24/2012
Exploitable With
CANVAS (D2ExploitPack)
Core Impact
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2008-5515, CVE-2009-0033, CVE-2009-0580, CVE-2009-0781, CVE-2009-0783, CVE-2009-2693, CVE-2009-2901, CVE-2009-2902, CVE-2010-1157, CVE-2010-2227, CVE-2010-3718, CVE-2010-4172, CVE-2010-4312, CVE-2011-0013, CVE-2011-0534, CVE-2011-1088, CVE-2011-1183, CVE-2011-1184, CVE-2011-1419, CVE-2011-1475, CVE-2011-1582, CVE-2011-2204, CVE-2011-2481, CVE-2011-2526, CVE-2011-2729, CVE-2011-3190, CVE-2011-3375, CVE-2011-4858, CVE-2011-5062, CVE-2011-5063, CVE-2011-5064, CVE-2012-0022
BID: 35193, 35196, 35263, 35416, 37942, 37944, 37945, 39635, 41544, 45015, 46164, 46174, 46177, 46685, 47196, 47199, 47886, 48456, 48667, 49143, 49147, 49353, 49762, 51200, 51442, 51447