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Debian DSA-5521-1 : tomcat10 - security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 182889

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing one or more security-related updates.

Description

The remote Debian 12 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the dsa-5521 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)

 - URL Redirection to Untrusted Site ('Open Redirect') vulnerability in FORM authentication feature Apache Tomcat.This issue affects Apache Tomcat: from 11.0.0-M1 through 11.0.0-M10, from 10.1.0-M1 through 10.0.12, from 9.0.0-M1 through 9.0.79 and from 8.5.0 through 8.5.92. The vulnerability is limited to the ROOT (default) web application. (CVE-2023-41080)

 - Incomplete Cleanup vulnerability in Apache Tomcat.When recycling various internal objects in Apache Tomcat from 11.0.0-M1 through 11.0.0-M11, from 10.1.0-M1 through 10.1.13, from 9.0.0-M1 through 9.0.80 and from 8.5.0 through 8.5.93, an error could cause Tomcat to skip some parts of the recycling process leading to information leaking from the current request/response to the next. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 11.0.0-M12 onwards, 10.1.14 onwards, 9.0.81 onwards or 8.5.94 onwards, which fixes the issue.
 (CVE-2023-42795)

 - The HTTP/2 protocol allows a denial of service (server resource consumption) because request cancellation can reset many streams quickly, as exploited in the wild in August through October 2023. (CVE-2023-44487)

 - Improper Input Validation vulnerability in Apache Tomcat.Tomcat from 11.0.0-M1 through 11.0.0-M11, from 10.1.0-M1 through 10.1.13, from 9.0.0-M1 through 9.0.81 and from 8.5.0 through 8.5.93 did not correctly parse HTTP trailer headers. A specially crafted, invalid trailer header could cause Tomcat to treat a single request as multiple requests leading to the possibility of request smuggling when behind a reverse proxy. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 11.0.0-M12 onwards, 10.1.14 onwards, 9.0.81 onwards or 8.5.94 onwards, which fix the issue. (CVE-2023-45648)

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

Solution

Upgrade the tomcat10 packages.

For the stable distribution (bookworm), these problems have been fixed in version 10.1.6-1+deb12u1.

See Also

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/tomcat10

https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5521

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-28709

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-41080

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-42795

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-44487

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-45648

https://packages.debian.org/source/bookworm/tomcat10

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 182889

File Name: debian_DSA-5521.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/11/2023

Updated: 2/9/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-41080

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 5.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libtomcat10-java, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:tomcat10-user, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:tomcat10-docs, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:tomcat10, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libtomcat10-embed-java, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:tomcat10-common, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:tomcat10-admin, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:tomcat10-examples, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:12.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/10/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/22/2023

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 10/31/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-28709, CVE-2023-41080, CVE-2023-42795, CVE-2023-44487, CVE-2023-45648

IAVA: 2023-A-0266-S, 2023-A-0443-S, 2023-A-0534-S