Detections
Analytics

Apache Tomcat 7.0.x < 7.0.76 / 8.0.x < 8.0.42 / 8.5.x < 8.5.12 / 9.0.0.x < 9.0.0.M18 Information Disclosure

critical Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 700056

Synopsis

The remote Apache Tomcat server is affected by an improper access control vulnerability.

Description

According to its self-reported version number, the Apache Tomcat instance listening on the remote host is 7.0.x prior to 7.0.76, 8.0.x < 8.0.42, 8.5.x < 8.5.12 or 9.0.x < 9.0.0.M18. It is, therefore, affected by the following vulnerability:

 - An improper access control vulnerability exists when calls to application listeners do not use the appropriate facade object. This allows untrusted applications to potentially access and modify information associated with other web applications.

Note that Nessus Network Monitor 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 7.0.76 / 8.0.42 / 8.5.12 / 9.0.0.M18 or later.

See Also

http://tomcat.apache.org/security-7.html#Fixed_in_Apache_Tomcat_7.0.76,http://tomcat.apache.org/security-8.html#Fixed_in_Apache_Tomcat_8.0.42,http://tomcat.apache.org/security-8.html#Fixed_in_Apache_Tomcat_8.5.12,http://tomcat.apache.org/security-9.html#Fixed_in_Apache_Tomcat_9.0.0.M18

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 700056

Family: Web Servers

Published: 4/14/2017

Updated: 3/6/2019

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.1

Temporal Score: 7.9

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:apache:tomcat

Patch Publication Date: 3/16/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/28/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-5648