Scientific Linux Security Update : tomcat on SL7.x (noarch) (20150512)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 83456

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Synopsis

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

Description

It was discovered that the ChunkedInputFilter in Tomcat did not fail subsequent attempts to read input after malformed chunked encoding was detected. A remote attacker could possibly use this flaw to make Tomcat process part of the request body as new request, or cause a denial of service. (CVE-2014-0227)

After installing this update, the tomcat service will be restarted automatically.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 83456

File Name: sl_20150512_tomcat_on_SL7_x.nasl

Version: 2.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Scientific Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 5/14/2015

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:tomcat-admin-webapps, x-cpe:/o:fermilab:scientific_linux, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:tomcat-docs-webapp, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:tomcat-lib, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:tomcat-webapps, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:tomcat, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:tomcat-servlet-3.0-api, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:tomcat-el-2.2-api, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:tomcat-javadoc, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:tomcat-jsp-2.2-api, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:tomcat-jsvc

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

Patch Publication Date: 5/12/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/16/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-0227

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