Apache Tomcat 6.0.x < 6.0.37 Multiple Vulnerabilities

medium Log Correlation Engine Plugin ID 800783

Synopsis

The remote web server is affected by multiple vunerabilities.

Description

Versions earlier than Apache Tomcat 6.0.37 are potentially affected by multiple vulnerabilities :

- An error exists related to chunked transfer encoding and extensions that could allow limited denial of service attacks. (CVE-2012-3544)

- An error exists related to HTML form authentication and session fixation that could allow an attacker to carry out requests using a victim's credentials. (CVE-2013-2067)

Solution

Upgrade to Apache Tomcat 6.0.37 or later.

See Also

http://tomcat.apache.org/security-6.html#Fixed_in_Apache_Tomcat_6.0.37

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 800783

Family: Web Servers

Published: 5/20/2013

Nessus ID: 66426

Vulnerability Information

Patch Publication Date: 5/3/2013

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/10/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-3544, CVE-2013-2067

BID: 59799, 59797