Apache Tomcat 6.0.x < 6.0.28 Multiple Vulnerabilities
Medium Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 5788
Synopsis
The remote web server is vulnerable to multiple attack vectors.
Description
Versions of Tomcat 6.x earlier than 6.0.28 are potentially affected by multiple vulnerabilities :
- The 'WWW-Authenticate' HTTP header for BASIC and DIGEST authentication could potentially expose the local host name or IP adddress of the machine running Tomcat. (CVE-2010-1157)
- Several flaws in handling of the 'Transfer-Encoding' header exist that could prevent the recycling of a buffer. (CVE-2010-2227)
Solution
Upgrade to Apache Tomcat 6.0.28 or later.