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FreeBSD : tomcat -- authentication weaknesses (152e4c7e-2a2e-11e2-99c7-00a0d181e71d)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 62884
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Synopsis
The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates.Description
The Apache Software Foundation reports :Three weaknesses in Tomcat's implementation of DIGEST authentication were identified and resolved :
- Tomcat tracked client rather than server nonces and nonce count.
- When a session ID was present, authentication was bypassed.
- The user name and password were not checked before when indicating that a nonce was stale.
These issues reduced the security of DIGEST authentication making replay attacks possible in some circumstances.
The first issue was identified by Tilmann Kuhn. The second and third issues were identified by the Tomcat security team during the code review resulting from the first issue.
Solution
Update the affected packages.See Also
http://tomcat.apache.org/security.html
http://tomcat.apache.org/security-5.html
http://tomcat.apache.org/security-6.html
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 62884
File Name: freebsd_pkg_152e4c7e2a2e11e299c700a0d181e71d.nasl
Version: 1.7
Type: local
Family: FreeBSD Local Security Checks
Published: 11/12/2012
Updated: 1/6/2021
Supported Sensors: Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Low
Score: 3.7
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:tomcat, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info
Patch Publication Date: 11/8/2012
Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/5/2012