Debian DSA-3891-1 : tomcat8 - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 101008

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Aniket Nandkishor Kulkarni discovered that in tomcat8, a servlet and JSP engine, static error pages used the original request's HTTP method to serve content, instead of systematically using the GET method. This could under certain conditions result in undesirable results, including the replacement or removal of the custom error page.

Solution

Upgrade the tomcat8 packages.

For the oldstable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 8.0.14-1+deb8u10.

For the stable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in version 8.5.14-1+deb9u1.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 101008

File Name: debian_DSA-3891.nasl

Version: 3.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 6/23/2017

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:tomcat8

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Patch Publication Date: 6/22/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-5664

DSA: 3891

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