SUSE SLES12 Security Update : tomcat (SUSE-SU-2024:0829-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 192015

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES12 / SLES_SAP12 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2024:0829-1 advisory.

- Generation of Error Message Containing Sensitive Information vulnerability in Apache Tomcat.This issue affects Apache Tomcat: from 8.5.7 through 8.5.63, from 9.0.0-M11 through 9.0.43. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 8.5.64 onwards or 9.0.44 onwards, which contain a fix for the issue. (CVE-2024-21733)

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

Solution

Update the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 192015

File Name: suse_SU-2024-0829-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 3/13/2024

Updated: 3/15/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-21733

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:tomcat-javadoc, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:tomcat-lib, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:tomcat-jsp-2_3-api, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:tomcat-webapps, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:tomcat-el-3_0-api, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:tomcat-servlet-4_0-api, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:tomcat-docs-webapp, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:tomcat, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:tomcat-admin-webapps

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/11/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/10/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-21733

IAVA: 2023-A-0661-S

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2024:0829-1

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