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Amazon Linux AMI : tomcat6 (ALAS-2013-196)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 69754

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Synopsis

The remote Amazon Linux AMI host is missing a security update.

Description

The (1) tomcat5, (2) tomcat6, and (3) tomcat7 init scripts, as used in the RPM distribution of Tomcat for JBoss Enterprise Web Server 1.0.2 and 2.0.0, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6, allow local users to change the ownership of arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (a) tomcat5-initd.log, (b) tomcat6-initd.log, (c) catalina.out, or (d) tomcat7-initd.log.

Solution

Run 'yum update tomcat6' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2013-196.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 69754

File Name: ala_ALAS-2013-196.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/4/2013

Updated: 4/18/2018

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:tomcat6, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:tomcat6-admin-webapps, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:tomcat6-docs-webapp, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:tomcat6-el-2.1-api, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:tomcat6-javadoc, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:tomcat6-jsp-2.1-api, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:tomcat6-lib, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:tomcat6-servlet-2.5-api, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:tomcat6-webapps, cpe:/o:amazon:linux

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

Patch Publication Date: 6/11/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-1976

ALAS: 2013-196