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Oracle Linux 6 : tomcat6 (ELSA-2017-0527)

high Nessus Plugin ID 97765

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2017-0527 advisory.

 - Related: rhbz#1402664 CVE-2016-6816 Adding system property from asfbz-60594 to allow use of some un- encoded characters
 - Related: rhbz#1402664 CVE-2016-6816 Resolving a security regression (2017-6056) caused by CVE-2016-6816
 - Resolves: rhbz#1413589 CVE-2016-8745 tomcat6: tomcat: information disclosure due to incorrect Processor sharing

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

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

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2017-0527.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 97765

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2017-0527.nasl

Version: 3.14

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/16/2017

Updated: 11/1/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-6816

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-8745

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:tomcat6-el-2.1-api, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:tomcat6-javadoc, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:tomcat6-webapps, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:tomcat6-docs-webapp, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:tomcat6, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:tomcat6-servlet-2.5-api, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:tomcat6-jsp-2.1-api, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:tomcat6-lib, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:tomcat6-admin-webapps, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:6

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/15/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/20/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-6816, CVE-2016-8745

RHSA: 2017:0527