Apache Tomcat < 8.5.68 Vulnerability

medium Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 701355

Synopsis

The remote Apache Tomcat server is affected by Vulnerability

Description

The version of Apache Tomcat installed on the remote host is < 8.5.68. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the fixed_in_apache_tomcat_8.5.68_security-8 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 8.5.68 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/apache/tomcat/commit/3202703e6d635e39b74262e81f0cb4bcbe2170dc,https://github.com/apache/tomcat/commit/da0e7cb093cf68b052d9175e469dbd0464441b0b,https://github.com/apache/tomcat/commit/8874fa02e9b36baa9ca6b226c0882c0190ca5a02,https://tomcat.apache.org/security-8.html#Fixed_in_Apache_Tomcat_8.5.68

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 701355

Family: Web Servers

Published: 7/12/2021

Updated: 7/12/2021

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:apache:tomcat

Patch Publication Date: 6/15/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/15/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-33037