Debian DSA-3609-1 : tomcat8 - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 91906

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Multiple security vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Tomcat servlet and JSP engine, which may result in information disclosure, the bypass of CSRF protections, bypass of the SecurityManager or denial of service.

Solution

Upgrade the tomcat8 packages.

For the stable distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed in version 8.0.14-1+deb8u2.

See Also

https://packages.debian.org/source/jessie/tomcat8

https://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3609

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 91906

File Name: debian_DSA-3609.nasl

Version: 2.12

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/1/2016

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:tomcat8, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/29/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-5174, CVE-2015-5345, CVE-2015-5346, CVE-2015-5351, CVE-2016-0706, CVE-2016-0714, CVE-2016-0763, CVE-2016-3092

DSA: 3609