Rocky Linux 9 : tomcat (RLSA-2024:3307)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 200566

Synopsis

The remote Rocky Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Rocky Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RLSA-2024:3307 advisory.

* Apache Tomcat: HTTP/2 header handling DoS (CVE-2024-24549)

* Apache Tomcat: WebSocket DoS with incomplete closing handshake (CVE-2024-23672)

Bug Fix(es) and Enhancement(s):

* Rebase tomcat to version 9.0.87 (JIRA:Rocky Linux-34815)

* Amend tomcat's changelog so that fixed CVEs are mentioned explicitly (JIRA:Rocky Linux-35328)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Rocky Linux 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.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 200566

File Name: rocky_linux_RLSA-2024-3307.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Family: Rocky Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 6/14/2024

Updated: 11/19/2024

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-24549

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.3

Temporal Score: 5.7

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-23672

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:tomcat-jsp-2.3-api, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:tomcat-lib, cpe:/o:rocky:linux:9, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:tomcat-admin-webapps, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:tomcat-webapps, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:tomcat, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:tomcat-docs-webapp, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:tomcat-el-3.0-api, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:tomcat-servlet-4.0-api

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/14/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/19/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-23672, CVE-2024-24549

IAVA: 2024-A-0144-S

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