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FreeBSD : Tomcat -- Request Smuggling (556fdf03-6785-11ed-953b-002b67dfc673)

high Nessus Plugin ID 167909

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Synopsis

The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates.

Description

The version of FreeBSD installed on the remote host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the 556fdf03-6785-11ed-953b-002b67dfc673 advisory.

 - If Apache Tomcat 8.5.0 to 8.5.82, 9.0.0-M1 to 9.0.67, 10.0.0-M1 to 10.0.26 or 10.1.0-M1 to 10.1.0 was configured to ignore invalid HTTP headers via setting rejectIllegalHeader to false (the default for 8.5.x only), Tomcat did not reject a request containing an invalid Content-Length header making a request smuggling attack possible if Tomcat was located behind a reverse proxy that also failed to reject the request with the invalid header. (CVE-2022-42252)

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

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-42252

http://www.nessus.org/u?c23774d4

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 167909

File Name: freebsd_pkg_556fdf03678511ed953b002b67dfc673.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Published: 11/18/2022

Updated: 1/5/2023

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-42252

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:H/A:N

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:tomcat, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:tomcat-devel, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:tomcat10, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:tomcat101, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:tomcat85, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:tomcat9, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/18/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/1/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-42252

IAVA: 2022-A-0457-S