Ubuntu 10.04 LTS / 10.10 / 11.04 / 11.10 : tomcat6 vulnerabilities (USN-1252-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 56746

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch.

Description

It was discovered that Tomcat incorrectly implemented HTTP DIGEST authentication. An attacker could use this flaw to perform a variety of authentication attacks. (CVE-2011-1184)

Polina Genova discovered that Tomcat incorrectly created log entries with passwords when encountering errors during JMX user creation. A local attacker could possibly use this flaw to obtain sensitive information. This issue only affected Ubuntu 10.04 LTS, 10.10 and 11.04. (CVE-2011-2204)

It was discovered that Tomcat incorrectly validated certain request attributes when sendfile is enabled. A local attacker could bypass intended restrictions, or cause the JVM to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2011-2526)

It was discovered that Tomcat incorrectly handled certain AJP requests. A remote attacker could use this flaw to spoof requests, bypass authentication, and obtain sensitive information. This issue only affected Ubuntu 10.04 LTS, 10.10 and 11.04. (CVE-2011-3190).

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Update the affected libtomcat6-java package.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 56746

File Name: ubuntu_USN-1252-1.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Ubuntu Local Security Checks

Published: 11/9/2011

Updated: 9/19/2019

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libtomcat6-java, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.10, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:11.04, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:11.10

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/8/2011

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/29/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-1184, CVE-2011-2204, CVE-2011-2526, CVE-2011-3190

BID: 48456, 48667, 49353, 49762

USN: 1252-1

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