Amazon Linux 2 : tomcat (ALAS-2023-2020)

high Nessus Plugin ID 175014

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Synopsis

The remote Amazon Linux 2 host is missing a security update.

Description

The version of tomcat installed on the remote host is prior to 7.0.76-10. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2-2023-2020 advisory.

2023-05-11: CVE-2017-12616 was added to this advisory.

When using a VirtualDirContext with Apache Tomcat 7.0.0 to 7.0.80 it was possible to bypass security constraints and/or view the source code of JSPs for resources served by the VirtualDirContext using a specially crafted request. (CVE-2017-12616)

When using the RemoteIpFilter with requests received from a reverse proxy via HTTP that include the X-Forwarded-Proto header set to https, session cookies created by Apache Tomcat 11.0.0-M1 to 11.0.0.-M2, 10.1.0-M1 to 10.1.5, 9.0.0-M1 to 9.0.71 and 8.5.0 to 8.5.85 did not include the secure attribute. This could result in the user agent transmitting the session cookie over an insecure channel. (CVE-2023-28708)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product security advisory.

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

Solution

Run 'yum update tomcat' to update your system.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 175014

File Name: al2_ALAS-2023-2020.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Amazon Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 5/2/2023

Updated: 12/11/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.1

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 4.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-12616

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:tomcat-javadoc, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:tomcat-lib, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:tomcat-webapps, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:tomcat-servlet-3.0-api, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:tomcat-jsp-2.2-api, cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:tomcat-jsvc, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:tomcat-admin-webapps, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:tomcat-docs-webapp, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:tomcat-el-2.2-api, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:tomcat

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/27/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/22/2023

Exploitable With

Elliot (Apache Tomcat VirtualDirContext Class File Handling Remote JSP Source Code Disclosure)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-12616, CVE-2023-28708

IAVA: 2023-A-0156-S

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