Scientific Linux Security Update : tomcat6 on SL6.x i386/srpm/x86_64 (20140709)

high Nessus Plugin ID 76450

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Synopsis

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

Description

It was discovered that Apache Tomcat did not limit the length of chunk sizes when using chunked transfer encoding. A remote attacker could use this flaw to perform a denial of service attack against Tomcat by streaming an unlimited quantity of data, leading to excessive consumption of server resources. (CVE-2014-0075)

It was found that Apache Tomcat did not check for overflowing values when parsing request content length headers. A remote attacker could use this flaw to perform an HTTP request smuggling attack on a Tomcat server located behind a reverse proxy that processed the content length header correctly. (CVE-2014-0099)

It was found that the org.apache.catalina.servlets.DefaultServlet implementation in Apache Tomcat allowed the definition of XML External Entities (XXEs) in provided XSLTs. A malicious application could use this to circumvent intended security restrictions to disclose sensitive information. (CVE-2014-0096)

This update also fixes the following bugs :

- The patch that resolved the CVE-2014-0050 issue contained redundant code. This update removes the redundant code.

- The patch that resolved the CVE-2013-4322 issue contained an invalid check that triggered a java.io.EOFException while reading trailer headers for chunked requests. This update fixes the check and the aforementioned exception is no longer triggered in the described scenario.

Tomcat must be restarted for this update to take effect.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 76450

File Name: sl_20140709_tomcat6_on_SL6_x.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Scientific Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 7/10/2014

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

Patch Publication Date: 7/9/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/26/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-4322, CVE-2014-0050, CVE-2014-0075, CVE-2014-0096, CVE-2014-0099

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