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Amazon Linux 2 : tomcat (ALASTOMCAT9-2023-004)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 182056

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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 9.0.65-1. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2TOMCAT9-2023-004 advisory.

 A flaw was found in Spring Framework, specifically within two modules called Spring MVC and Spring WebFlux, (transitively affected from Spring Beans), using parameter data binding. This flaw allows an attacker to pass specially-constructed malicious requests to certain parameters and possibly gain access to normally-restricted functionality within the Java Virtual Machine. (CVE-2022-22965)

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 'yum update tomcat' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2/ALASTOMCAT9-2023-004.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2022-22965.html

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

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 182056

File Name: al2_ALASTOMCAT9-2023-004.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/27/2023

Updated: 12/11/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-22965

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 9.4

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:tomcat-jsp-2.3-api, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:tomcat-lib, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:tomcat-servlet-4.0-api, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:tomcat-webapps, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:tomcat-el-3.0-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

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: 8/21/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/31/2022

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 4/25/2022

Exploitable With

Core Impact

Metasploit (Spring Framework Class property RCE (Spring4Shell))

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-22965