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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

https://usn.ubuntu.com/1637-1/

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 63024

File Name: ubuntu_USN-1637-1.nasl

Version: 1.12

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/23/2012

Updated: 9/19/2019

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, 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:10.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:11.10, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:-:lts

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/21/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/16/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-2733, CVE-2012-5885, CVE-2012-5886, CVE-2012-5887

BID: 56402, 56403

USN: 1637-1