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Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : Tomcat vulnerability (USN-7242-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 214805

Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-7242-1 advisory.

 Pierre Ernst discovered that the Tomcat JmxRemoteLifecycleListener did not implement a recommended fix. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu 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

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7242-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 214805

File Name: ubuntu_USN-7242-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/30/2025

Updated: 1/30/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-8735

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 9.1

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:F/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libtomcat6-java, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libservlet2.5-java, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:tomcat6, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:tomcat6-admin, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:tomcat6-common, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:tomcat6-examples, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:tomcat6-user, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libservlet2.4-java, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:tomcat6-extras

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/30/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/8/2016

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 6/2/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-8735

IAVB: 2016-B-0166-S

USN: 7242-1