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Apache Tomcat 6.0.x < 6.0.28 Multiple Vulnerabilities

medium Log Correlation Engine Plugin ID 800595

Synopsis

The remote web server is vulnerable to multiple attack vectors.

Description

Versions of Tomcat 6.x earlier than 6.0.28 are potentially affected by multiple vulnerabilities :

- The 'WWW-Authenticate' HTTP header for BASIC and DIGEST authentication could potentially expose the local host name or IP adddress of the machine running Tomcat. (CVE-2010-1157)

 - Several flaws in handling of the 'Transfer-Encoding' header exist that could prevent the recycling of a buffer. (CVE-2010-2227)

Solution

Upgrade to Apache Tomcat 6.0.28 or later.

See Also

tomcat.apache.org/security-6.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 800595

Family: Web Servers

Published: 2/11/2011

Nessus ID: 48255

Vulnerability Information

Patch Publication Date: 7/9/2010

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/21/2010

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2010-1157, CVE-2010-2227

BID: 41544, 39635