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Amazon Linux 2023 : tomcat9, tomcat9-admin-webapps, tomcat9-el-3.0-api (ALAS2023-2023-140)

high Nessus Plugin ID 173342

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Synopsis

The remote Amazon Linux 2023 host is missing a security update.

Description

It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2023-2023-140 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

Run 'dnf update --releasever=2023.0.20230322 tomcat9' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2023/ALAS-2023-140.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2022-42252.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/faqs.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 173342

File Name: al2023_ALAS2023-2023-140.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/23/2023

Updated: 3/23/2023

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Nessus Agent, 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:amazon:linux:tomcat9, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:tomcat9-docs-webapp, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:tomcat9-el-3.0-api, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:tomcat9-admin-webapps, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:tomcat9-jsp-2.3-api, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:tomcat9-servlet-4.0-api, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:tomcat9-webapps, cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2023, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:tomcat9-lib

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/AmazonLinux/release, Host/AmazonLinux/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/20/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/1/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-42252

IAVA: 2022-A-0457-S