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RHEL 9 : tomcat (RHSA-2024:0474)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 189586
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Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for tomcat.Description
The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2024:0474 advisory.Apache Tomcat is a servlet container for the Java Servlet and JavaServer Pages (JSP) technologies.
Security Fix(es):
* tomcat: Open Redirect vulnerability in FORM authentication (CVE-2023-41080)
* tomcat: FileUpload: DoS due to accumulation of temporary files on Windows (CVE-2023-42794)
* tomcat: improper cleaning of recycled objects could lead to information leak (CVE-2023-42795)
* tomcat: incorrectly parsed http trailer headers can cause request smuggling (CVE-2023-45648)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise 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 RHEL tomcat package based on the guidance in RHSA-2024:0474.See Also
http://www.nessus.org/u?bb8c9b8c
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2235370
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2243749
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2243751
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2243752
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0474
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 189586
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2024-0474.nasl
Version: 1.4
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 1/25/2024
Updated: 3/6/2025
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Low
Score: 3.6
Vendor
Vendor Severity: Moderate
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.4
Temporal Score: 4.7
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-41080
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.1
Temporal Score: 5.3
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat-lib, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat-el-3.0-api, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat-admin-webapps, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat-webapps, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat-docs-webapp, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat-jsp-2.3-api, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat-servlet-4.0-api
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 1/25/2024
Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/25/2023
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2023-41080, CVE-2023-42794, CVE-2023-42795, CVE-2023-45648