Apache Tomcat < 9.0.46 Vulnerability

medium Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 701357
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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 < 9.0.46. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the fixed_in_apache_tomcat_9.0.46_security-9 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 9.0.46 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/apache/tomcat/commit/c4df8d44a959a937d507d15e5b1ca35c3dbc41eb,https://github.com/apache/tomcat/commit/749f3cc192c68c34f2375509aea087be45fc4434,https://github.com/apache/tomcat/commit/c6b6e1015ae44c936971b6bf8bce70987935b92e,https://github.com/apache/tomcat/commit/91ecdc61ce3420054c04114baaaf1c1e0cbd5d56,https://github.com/apache/tomcat/commit/e50067486cf86564175ca0cfdcbf7d209c6df862,https://github.com/apache/tomcat/commit/b5585a9e5d4fec020cc5ebadb82f899fae22bc43,https://github.com/apache/tomcat/commit/329932012d3a9b95fde0b18618416e659ecffdc0,https://github.com/apache/tomcat/commit/3ce84512ed8783577d9945df28da5a033465b945,https://bz.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=65224,https://tomcat.apache.org/security-9.html#Fixed_in_Apache_Tomcat_9.0.46

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 701357

Family: Web Servers

Published: 7/12/2021

Updated: 7/12/2021

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.1

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:apache:tomcat

Patch Publication Date: 5/12/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/12/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-30640