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Ubuntu 10.04 LTS / 11.10 / 12.04 LTS : tomcat6 vulnerabilities (USN-1637-1)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 63024
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Synopsis
The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch.Description
It was discovered that the Apache Tomcat HTTP NIO connector incorrectly handled header data. A remote attacker could cause a denial of service by sending requests with a large amount of header data. (CVE-2012-2733)It was discovered that Apache Tomcat incorrectly handled DIGEST authentication. A remote attacker could possibly use these flaws to perform a replay attack and bypass authentication. (CVE-2012-5885, CVE-2012-5886, CVE-2012-5887).
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Solution
Update the affected libtomcat6-java package.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 63024
File Name: ubuntu_USN-1637-1.nasl
Version: 1.12
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Published: 11/23/2012
Updated: 9/19/2019
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Low
Score: 3.7
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5
Temporal Score: 3.7
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libtomcat6-java, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:11.10
Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 11/21/2012
Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/16/2012
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2012-2733, CVE-2012-5885, CVE-2012-5886, CVE-2012-5887
USN: 1637-1