The version of Tomcat installed on the remote host is prior to 7.0.19. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the fixed_in_apache_tomcat_7.0.19_security-7 advisory.

  - Apache Tomcat 5.5.x before 5.5.34, 6.x before 6.0.33, and 7.x before 7.0.19, when sendfile is enabled for     the HTTP APR or HTTP NIO connector, does not validate certain request attributes, which allows local users     to bypass intended file access restrictions or cause a denial of service (infinite loop or JVM crash) by     leveraging an untrusted web application. (CVE-2011-2526)

  - Apache Tomcat 5.5.x before 5.5.34, 6.x before 6.0.33, and 7.x before 7.0.17, when the MemoryUserDatabase     is used, creates log entries containing passwords upon encountering errors in JMX user creation, which     allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading a log file. (CVE-2011-2204)

  - Apache Tomcat 4.1.0 through 4.1.39, 5.5.0 through 5.5.27, and 6.0.0 through 6.0.18 permits web     applications to replace an XML parser used for other web applications, which allows local users to read or     modify the (1) web.xml, (2) context.xml, or (3) tld files of arbitrary web applications via a crafted     application that is loaded earlier than the target application. (CVE-2009-0783)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Detections

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Apache Tomcat 7.0.0 < 7.0.19 multiple vulnerabilities

medium Nessus Plugin ID 55759

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