Oracle Linux 5 : tomcat5 (ELSA-2013-0640)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 68790

Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 5 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2013-0640 advisory.

- Resolves: CVE-2012-3439 rhbz#882008 three DIGEST authentication
- Resolves: CVE-2012-3546, rhbz#913034 Bypass of security constraints.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.

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 affected packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2013-0640.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 68790

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2013-0640.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/12/2013

Updated: 10/22/2024

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, 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:P/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2012-5887

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.6

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:tomcat5-admin-webapps, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:tomcat5-jasper-javadoc, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:tomcat5-jsp-2.0-api, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:tomcat5-jasper, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:tomcat5-common-lib, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:tomcat5-jsp-2.0-api-javadoc, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:5, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:tomcat5-servlet-2.4-api-javadoc, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:tomcat5-servlet-2.4-api, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:tomcat5-webapps, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:tomcat5-server-lib, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:tomcat5

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/OracleLinux, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/13/2013

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/17/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-3546, CVE-2012-5885, CVE-2012-5886, CVE-2012-5887

BID: 56812

RHSA: 2013:0640