Scientific Linux Security Update : tomcat6 on SL6.x (noarch) (20140423)

high Nessus Plugin ID 73679

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Synopsis

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

Description

It was found that when Tomcat processed a series of HTTP requests in which at least one request contained either multiple content-length headers, or one content-length header with a chunked transfer-encoding header, Tomcat would incorrectly handle the request. A remote attacker could use this flaw to poison a web cache, perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks, or obtain sensitive information from other requests. (CVE-2013-4286)

It was discovered that the fix for CVE-2012-3544 did not properly resolve a denial of service flaw in the way Tomcat processed chunk extensions and trailing headers in chunked requests. A remote attacker could use this flaw to send an excessively long request that, when processed by Tomcat, could consume network bandwidth, CPU, and memory on the Tomcat server. Note that chunked transfer encoding is enabled by default. (CVE-2013-4322)

A denial of service flaw was found in the way Apache Commons FileUpload handled small-sized buffers used by MultipartStream. A remote attacker could use this flaw to create a malformed Content-Type header for a multipart request, causing JBoss Web to enter an infinite loop when processing such an incoming request. (CVE-2014-0050)

Tomcat must be restarted for this update to take effect.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 73679

File Name: sl_20140423_tomcat6_on_SL6_x.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Scientific Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 4/24/2014

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/23/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/1/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-3544, CVE-2013-4286, CVE-2013-4322, CVE-2014-0050

Detections

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