SuSE 10 Security Update : Tomcat 5 (ZYPP Patch Number 5539)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 34154

Synopsis

The remote SuSE 10 host is missing a security-related patch.

Description

This update of tomcat fixes another directory traversal bug which occurs when allowLinking and UTF-8 are enabled. (CVE-2008-2938)

Solution

Apply ZYPP patch number 5539.

See Also

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-2938.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 34154

File Name: suse_tomcat5-5539.nasl

Version: 1.18

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/10/2008

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:suse:suse_linux

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: 8/20/2008

Exploitable With

CANVAS (D2ExploitPack)

Elliot (Apache Tomcat File Disclosure)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-2938

CWE: 22