openSUSE 10 Security Update : tomcat5 (tomcat5-5542)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 34155

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

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

Solution

Update the affected tomcat5 packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 34155

File Name: suse_tomcat5-5542.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 9/10/2008

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, 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: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:tomcat5, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:tomcat5-admin-webapps, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:tomcat5-webapps, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:10.2

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, 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

Detections

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