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AlmaLinux 8 : tomcat (ALSA-2025:3683)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 234071

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote AlmaLinux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALSA-2025:3683 advisory.

 * tomcat: RCE due to TOCTOU issue in JSP compilation (CVE-2024-50379)
 * tomcat: Potential RCE and/or information disclosure and/or information corruption with partial PUT (CVE-2025-24813)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the AlmaLinux 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://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2025-3683.html

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:3683

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 234071

File Name: alma_linux_ALSA-2025-3683.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 4/9/2025

Updated: 4/9/2025

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 8.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-24813

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:alma:linux:tomcat-lib, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:tomcat-admin-webapps, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:tomcat-docs-webapp, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::appstream, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:tomcat-jsp-2.3-api, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:tomcat-servlet-4.0-api, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::nfv, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::powertools, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::supplementary, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:tomcat, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::sap_hana, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:tomcat-webapps, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::highavailability, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::realtime, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::resilientstorage, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::baseos, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::sap, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:tomcat-el-3.0-api

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/8/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/9/2024

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 4/22/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-50379, CVE-2025-24813

CWE: 367, 44, 502

RHSA: 2025:3683