Apache Tomcat < 10.0.0-M6 Vulnerability

medium Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 701331
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Synopsis

The remote Apache Tomcat server is affected by Vulnerability

Description

The version of Apache Tomcat installed on the remote host is < 10.0.0-M6. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the fixed_in_apache_tomcat_10.0.0-m6_security-10 advisory. Note that Nessus Network Monitor has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to Apache Tomcat version 10.0.0-M6 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/apache/tomcat/commit/9434a44d3449d620b1be70206819f8275b4a7509,https://tomcat.apache.org/security-10.html#Fixed_in_Apache_Tomcat_10.0.0-M6

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 701331

Family: Web Servers

Published: 4/14/2021

Updated: 4/14/2021

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

Temporal Vector: E:U/RL:OF/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:apache:tomcat

Patch Publication Date: 6/7/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/7/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-11996