Debian DSA-3788-1 : tomcat8 - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 97137

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Synopsis

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

Description

It was discovered that a programming error in the processing of HTTPS requests in the Apache Tomcat servlet and JSP engine may result in denial of service via an infinite loop.

Solution

Upgrade the tomcat8 packages.

For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 8.0.14-1+deb8u7.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 97137

File Name: debian_DSA-3788.nasl

Version: 3.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 2/14/2017

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: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/13/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-6056

DSA: 3788

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