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Debian DSA-170-1 : tomcat4 - source code disclosure

medium Nessus Plugin ID 15007

Synopsis

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

Description

A security vulnerability has been found in all Tomcat 4.x releases.
This problem allows an attacker to use a specially crafted URL to return the unprocessed source code of a JSP page, or, under special circumstances, a static resource which would otherwise have been protected by security constraints, without the need for being properly authenticated.

Solution

Upgrade the tomcat package immediately.

This problem has been fixed in version 4.0.3-3woody1 for the current stable distribution (woody) and in version 4.1.12-1 for the unstable release (sid). The old stable release (potato) does not contain tomcat packages. Also, packages for tomcat3 are not vulnerable to this problem.

See Also

http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-170

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 15007

File Name: debian_DSA-170.nasl

Version: 1.20

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/29/2004

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:tomcat4

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/4/2002

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/24/2002

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2002-1148

BID: 5786

DSA: 170