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Amazon Linux 2023 : tomcat9, tomcat9-admin-webapps, tomcat9-el-3.0-api (ALAS2023-2023-238)

high Nessus Plugin ID 178600

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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 ALAS2023-2023-238 advisory.

 The fix for CVE-2023-24998 was incomplete for Apache Tomcat 11.0.0-M2 to 11.0.0-M4, 10.1.5 to 10.1.7, 9.0.71 to 9.0.73 and 8.5.85 to 8.5.87. If non-default HTTP connector settings were used such that the maxParameterCount could be reached using query string parameters and a request was submitted that supplied exactly maxParameterCount parameters in the query string, the limit for uploaded request parts could be bypassed with the potential for a denial of service to occur. (CVE-2023-28709)

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

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 tomcat9 --releasever 2023.1.20230719' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2023/ALAS-2023-238.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2023-28709.html

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

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 178600

File Name: al2023_ALAS2023-2023-238.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/20/2023

Updated: 12/11/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, 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:N/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-28709

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: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: 7/5/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/22/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-28709

IAVA: 2023-A-0266-S