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Debian DLA-232-1 : tomcat6 security update
high Nessus Plugin ID 83887
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Synopsis
The remote Debian host is missing a security update.Description
The following vulnerabilities were found in Apache Tomcat 6 :CVE-2014-0227
The Tomcat security team identified that it was possible to conduct HTTP request smuggling attacks or cause a DoS by streaming malformed data.
CVE-2014-0230
AntBean@secdig, from the Baidu Security Team, disclosed that it was possible to cause a limited DoS attack by feeding data by aborting an upload.
CVE-2014-7810
The Tomcat security team identified that malicious web applications could bypass the Security Manager by the use of expression language.
For Debian 6 'Squeeze', these issues have been fixed in tomcat6 version 6.0.41-2+squeeze7.
NOTE: Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the DLA security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
Solution
Upgrade the affected packages.See Also
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2015/05/msg00016.html
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 83887
File Name: debian_DLA-232.nasl
Version: 2.14
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Debian Local Security Checks
Published: 5/29/2015
Updated: 1/11/2021
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Low
Score: 3.6
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.8
Temporal Score: 5.8
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libtomcat6-java, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:tomcat6, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:6.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:tomcat6-admin, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libservlet2.5-java-doc, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libservlet2.4-java, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:tomcat6-common, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libservlet2.5-java, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:tomcat6-extras, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:tomcat6-examples, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:tomcat6-user, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:tomcat6-docs
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 5/28/2015