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RHEL 5 : tomcat5 (RHSA-2012:0474)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 58718
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Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for tomcat5.Description
The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 5 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2012:0474 advisory.- tomcat: hash table collisions CPU usage DoS (oCERT-2011-003) (CVE-2011-4858)
- tomcat: large number of parameters DoS (CVE-2012-0022)
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 RHEL tomcat5 package based on the guidance in RHSA-2012:0474.See Also
http://tomcat.apache.org/security-5.html
http://www.nessus.org/u?d40b9866
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012:0474
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 58718
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2012-0474.nasl
Version: 1.31
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 4/12/2012
Updated: 4/27/2024
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Low
Score: 3.5
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5
Temporal Score: 3.9
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2012-0022
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5.3
Temporal Score: 4.8
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat5-jasper, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat5-common-lib, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat5-jsp-2.0-api, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat5, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat5-server-lib, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat5-admin-webapps, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat5-servlet-2.4-api, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat5-jsp-2.0-api-javadoc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat5-servlet-2.4-api-javadoc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat5-webapps, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat5-jasper-javadoc
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 4/11/2012
Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/5/2012
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2011-4858, CVE-2012-0022
RHSA: 2012:0474