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Ubuntu 16.04 ESM : Apache Tomcat 7 vulnerabilities (USN-4791-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 183616

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-4791-1 advisory.

 It was discovered that Apache Tomcat 7 did not protect applications from the presence of untrusted client data in an environment variable. A remote attacker could possible use this vulnerability to redirect the traffic to an arbitrary proxy and obtain sensitive information. (CVE-2016-5388)

 It was discovered that Apache Tomcat 7 mishandled specially crafted input. An attacker could use this vulnerability to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2018-1336)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu 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

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4791-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 183616

File Name: ubuntu_USN-4791-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/20/2023

Updated: 8/28/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.1

Temporal Score: 3.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-5388

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.1

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:tomcat7, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:tomcat7-examples, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libtomcat7-java, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:tomcat7-common, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libservlet3.0-java, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:tomcat7-user, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:tomcat7-admin, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:esm

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/15/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/18/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-5388, CVE-2018-1336

USN: 4791-1