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Fedora 23 : 1:tomcat (2016-9c33466fbb)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 95830

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

This updates includes a rebase from tomcat 8.0.38 up to 8.0.39 which resolves multiple CVEs :

 - \#1397493 - CVE-2016-6816 CVE-2016-6817 CVE-2016-8735 tomcat: various flaws

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Solution

Update the affected 1:tomcat package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2016-9c33466fbb

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 95830

File Name: fedora_2016-9c33466fbb.nasl

Version: 3.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/15/2016

Updated: 5/14/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:1:tomcat, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:23

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/14/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/20/2017

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 6/2/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-6816, CVE-2016-6817, CVE-2016-8735