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Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : Tomcat regression (USN-3177-2)

high Nessus Plugin ID 96978

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-3177-2 advisory.

 USN-3177-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Tomcat. The update introduced a regression in environments where Tomcat is started with a security manager. This update fixes the problem.

 We apologize for the inconvenience.



Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3177-2

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 96978

File Name: ubuntu_USN-3177-2.nasl

Version: 3.21

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/3/2017

Updated: 10/29/2024

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:tomcat7, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:tomcat7-examples, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libtomcat7-java, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:tomcat7-common, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:tomcat7-user, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:tomcat7-admin, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libservlet3.0-java

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/2/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/19/2016

Reference Information

USN: 3177-2