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 ALAS2-2023-2047 advisory.

  - When Apache Tomcat 9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.28, 8.5.0 to 8.5.47, 7.0.0 and 7.0.97 is configured with the JMX Remote     Lifecycle Listener, a local attacker without access to the Tomcat process or configuration files is able     to manipulate the RMI registry to perform a man-in-the-middle attack to capture user names and passwords     used to access the JMX interface. The attacker can then use these credentials to access the JMX interface     and gain complete control over the Tomcat instance. (CVE-2019-12418)

  - When using FORM authentication with Apache Tomcat 9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.29, 8.5.0 to 8.5.49 and 7.0.0 to 7.0.98     there was a narrow window where an attacker could perform a session fixation attack. The window was     considered too narrow for an exploit to be practical but, erring on the side of caution, this issue has     been treated as a security vulnerability. (CVE-2019-17563)

  - The payload length in a WebSocket frame was not correctly validated in Apache Tomcat 10.0.0-M1 to     10.0.0-M6, 9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.36, 8.5.0 to 8.5.56 and 7.0.27 to 7.0.104. Invalid payload lengths could     trigger an infinite loop. Multiple requests with invalid payload lengths could lead to a denial of     service. (CVE-2020-13935)

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

Detections

Analytics

Amazon Linux 2 : tomcat (ALAS-2023-2047)

high Nessus Plugin ID 175945

Version 1.2

Version 1.1

Version 1.0

Version 1.2 May 24, 2023, 12:08 AM CEA reference Plugin Feed: 202305240008
Version 1.1 May 18, 2023, 3:01 PM Exploit attributes ("Exploitability ease" changed from "No known exploits are available" to "Exploits are available") Plugin Feed: 202305181501
Version 1.0 May 17, 2023, 12:01 PM New Plugin Feed: 202305171201