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Apache Tomcat < 8.5.72 Vulnerability

medium Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 701371

Synopsis

The remote Apache Tomcat server is affected by Vulnerability

Description

The version of Apache Tomcat installed on the remote host is < 8.5.72. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the fixed_in_apache_tomcat_8.5.72_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 8.5.72 or later.

See Also

https://bz.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=63362,https://github.com/apache/tomcat/commit/d27535bdee95d252418201eb21e9d29476aa6b6a,https://tomcat.apache.org/security-8.html#Fixed_in_Apache_Tomcat_8.5.72

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 701371

Family: Web Servers

Published: 10/14/2021

Updated: 10/14/2021

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:apache:tomcat

Patch Publication Date: 10/6/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/1/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-42340