SuSE 11.2 Security Update : tomcat6 (SAT Patch Number 7208)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 64430

Synopsis

The remote SuSE 11 host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

This update of tomcat6 fixes the following security issues :

- denial of service. (CVE-2012-4534)

- tomcat: HTTP NIO connector OOM DoS via a request with large headers. (CVE-2012-2733)

- tomcat: cnonce tracking weakness. (CVE-2012-5885)

- tomcat: authentication caching weakness. (CVE-2012-5886)

- tomcat: stale nonce weakness. (CVE-2012-5887)

- tomcat: affected by slowloris DoS. (CVE-2012-5568)

- tomcat: Bypass of security constraints. (CVE-2012-3546)

- tomcat: bypass of CSRF prevention filter.
(CVE-2012-4431)

Solution

Apply SAT patch number 7208.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=789406

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=791423

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=791424

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=791426

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=791679

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=793391

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=793394

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=794548

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-2733.html

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-3546.html

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-4431.html

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-4534.html

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-5568.html

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-5885.html

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-5886.html

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-5887.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 64430

File Name: suse_11_tomcat6-130107.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/4/2013

Updated: 1/19/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:tomcat6, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:tomcat6-admin-webapps, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:tomcat6-docs-webapp, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:tomcat6-javadoc, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:tomcat6-jsp-2_1-api, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:tomcat6-lib, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:tomcat6-servlet-2_5-api, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:tomcat6-webapps, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:11

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/7/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-2733, CVE-2012-3546, CVE-2012-4431, CVE-2012-4534, CVE-2012-5568, CVE-2012-5885, CVE-2012-5886, CVE-2012-5887