Debian DSA-5009-1 : tomcat9 - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 155317

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Debian 11 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dsa-5009 advisory.

- The fix for bug 63362 present in Apache Tomcat 10.1.0-M1 to 10.1.0-M5, 10.0.0-M1 to 10.0.11, 9.0.40 to 9.0.53 and 8.5.60 to 8.5.71 introduced a memory leak. The object introduced to collect metrics for HTTP upgrade connections was not released for WebSocket connections once the connection was closed. This created a memory leak that, over time, could lead to a denial of service via an OutOfMemoryError.
(CVE-2021-42340)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade the tomcat9 packages.

For the stable distribution (bullseye), this problem has been fixed in version 9.0.43-2~deb11u3.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 155317

File Name: debian_DSA-5009.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 11/12/2021

Updated: 10/11/2022

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-42340

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:tomcat9-docs, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:11.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:tomcat9-admin, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libtomcat9-java, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:tomcat9, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:tomcat9-user, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libtomcat9-embed-java, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:tomcat9-examples, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:tomcat9-common

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/12/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/1/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-42340

IAVA: 2021-A-0479-S

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