FreeBSD : tomcat -- multiple vulnerabilities (3ae106e2-d521-11e6-ae1b-002590263bf5)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 96366

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Synopsis

The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates.

Description

The Apache Software Foundation reports :

Low: Unrestricted Access to Global Resources CVE-2016-6797

Low: Security Manager Bypass CVE-2016-6796

Low: System Property Disclosure CVE-2016-6794

Low: Security Manager Bypass CVE-2016-5018

Low: Timing Attack CVE-2016-0762

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

http://tomcat.apache.org/security-6.html#Fixed_in_Apache_Tomcat_6.0.47

http://tomcat.apache.org/security-7.html#Fixed_in_Apache_Tomcat_7.0.72

http://www.nessus.org/u?43d64fe7

http://www.nessus.org/u?13a2e8c4

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 96366

File Name: freebsd_pkg_3ae106e2d52111e6ae1b002590263bf5.nasl

Version: 3.7

Type: local

Published: 1/10/2017

Updated: 1/6/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-5018

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.1

Temporal Score: 8.2

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:tomcat8, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:tomcat7, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:tomcat

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/7/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/27/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-0762, CVE-2016-5018, CVE-2016-6794, CVE-2016-6796, CVE-2016-6797