Scientific Linux Security Update : tomcat6 on SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20160323)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 90146

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Synopsis

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

Description

It was found that the expression language resolver evaluated expressions within a privileged code section. A malicious web application could use this flaw to bypass security manager protections. (CVE-2014-7810)

This update also fixes the following bug :

- Previously, using a New I/O (NIO) connector in the Apache Tomcat 6 servlet resulted in a large memory leak.
An upstream patch has been applied to fix this bug, and the memory leak no longer occurs.

Tomcat must be restarted for this update to take effect.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 90146

File Name: sl_20160323_tomcat6_on_SL6_x.nasl

Version: 2.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Scientific Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 3/24/2016

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

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

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-docs-webapp, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:tomcat6-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:tomcat6-javadoc, 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/cpu, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list

Patch Publication Date: 3/23/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/7/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-7810

Detections

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