Vulnerabilities > CVE-2009-2696 - Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in Apache Tomcat

047910
CVSS 0.0 - NONE
Attack vector
UNKNOWN
Attack complexity
UNKNOWN
Privileges required
UNKNOWN
Confidentiality impact
UNKNOWN
Integrity impact
UNKNOWN
Availability impact
UNKNOWN
apache
CWE-79
nessus
NVD
Published: 2010-08-05
Updated: 2024-11-21

Summary

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in jsp/cal/cal2.jsp in the calendar application in the examples web application in Apache Tomcat on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, Desktop Workstation 5, and Linux Desktop 5 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the time parameter, related to "invalid HTML." NOTE: this is due to a missing fix for CVE-2009-0781.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Apache
62
OS
Redhat
3

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

  • Cross Site Scripting through Log Files
    An attacker may leverage a system weakness where logs are susceptible to log injection to insert scripts into the system's logs. If these logs are later viewed by an administrator through a thin administrative interface and the log data is not properly HTML encoded before being written to the page, the attackers' scripts stored in the log will be executed in the administrative interface with potentially serious consequences. This attack pattern is really a combination of two other attack patterns: log injection and stored cross site scripting.
  • Embedding Scripts in Non-Script Elements
    This attack is a form of Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) where malicious scripts are embedded in elements that are not expected to host scripts such as image tags (<img>), comments in XML documents (< !-CDATA->), etc. These tags may not be subject to the same input validation, output validation, and other content filtering and checking routines, so this can create an opportunity for an attacker to tunnel through the application's elements and launch a XSS attack through other elements. As with all remote attacks, it is important to differentiate the ability to launch an attack (such as probing an internal network for unpatched servers) and the ability of the remote attacker to collect and interpret the output of said attack.
  • Embedding Scripts within Scripts
    An attack of this type exploits a programs' vulnerabilities that are brought on by allowing remote hosts to execute scripts. The attacker leverages this capability to execute scripts to execute his/her own script by embedding it within other scripts that the target software is likely to execute. The attacker must have the ability to inject script into script that is likely to be executed. If this is done, then the attacker can potentially launch a variety of probes and attacks against the web server's local environment, in many cases the so-called DMZ, back end resources the web server can communicate with, and other hosts. With the proliferation of intermediaries, such as Web App Firewalls, network devices, and even printers having JVMs and Web servers, there are many locales where an attacker can inject malicious scripts. Since this attack pattern defines scripts within scripts, there are likely privileges to execute said attack on the host. Of course, these attacks are not solely limited to the server side, client side scripts like Ajax and client side JavaScript can contain malicious scripts as well. In general all that is required is for there to be sufficient privileges to execute a script, but not protected against writing.
  • Cross-Site Scripting in Error Pages
    An attacker distributes a link (or possibly some other query structure) with a request to a third party web server that is malformed and also contains a block of exploit code in order to have the exploit become live code in the resulting error page. When the third party web server receives the crafted request and notes the error it then creates an error message that echoes the malformed message, including the exploit. Doing this converts the exploit portion of the message into to valid language elements that are executed by the viewing browser. When a victim executes the query provided by the attacker the infected error message error message is returned including the exploit code which then runs in the victim's browser. XSS can result in execution of code as well as data leakage (e.g. session cookies can be sent to the attacker). This type of attack is especially dangerous since the exploit appears to come from the third party web server, who the victim may trust and hence be more vulnerable to deception.
  • Cross-Site Scripting Using Alternate Syntax
    The attacker uses alternate forms of keywords or commands that result in the same action as the primary form but which may not be caught by filters. For example, many keywords are processed in a case insensitive manner. If the site's web filtering algorithm does not convert all tags into a consistent case before the comparison with forbidden keywords it is possible to bypass filters (e.g., incomplete black lists) by using an alternate case structure. For example, the "script" tag using the alternate forms of "Script" or "ScRiPt" may bypass filters where "script" is the only form tested. Other variants using different syntax representations are also possible as well as using pollution meta-characters or entities that are eventually ignored by the rendering engine. The attack can result in the execution of otherwise prohibited functionality.

Nessus

  • NASL familyRed Hat Local Security Checks
    NASL idREDHAT-RHSA-2009-1164.NASL
    descriptionUpdated tomcat packages that fix several security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. This update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. Apache Tomcat is a servlet container for the Java Servlet and JavaServer Pages (JSP) technologies. It was discovered that the Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2007:0871 did not address all possible flaws in the way Tomcat handles certain characters and character sequences in cookie values. A remote attacker could use this flaw to obtain sensitive information, such as session IDs, and then use this information for session hijacking attacks. (CVE-2007-5333) Note: The fix for the CVE-2007-5333 flaw changes the default cookie processing behavior: with this update, version 0 cookies that contain values that must be quoted to be valid are automatically changed to version 1 cookies. To reactivate the previous, but insecure behavior, add the following entry to the
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id40342
    published2009-07-22
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2009-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/40342
    titleRHEL 5 : tomcat (RHSA-2009:1164)
    code
    #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were  
# extracted from Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2009:1164. The text 
# itself is copyright (C) Red Hat, Inc.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(40342);
  script_version ("1.32");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/10/25 13:36:14");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2007-5333", "CVE-2008-5515", "CVE-2009-0033", "CVE-2009-0580", "CVE-2009-0781", "CVE-2009-0783", "CVE-2009-2696");
  script_bugtraq_id(27706, 35193, 35196, 35263, 35416);
  script_xref(name:"RHSA", value:"2009:1164");

  script_name(english:"RHEL 5 : tomcat (RHSA-2009:1164)");
  script_summary(english:"Checks the rpm output for the updated packages");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:"The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"Updated tomcat packages that fix several security issues are now
available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

This update has been rated as having important security impact by the
Red Hat Security Response Team.

Apache Tomcat is a servlet container for the Java Servlet and
JavaServer Pages (JSP) technologies.

It was discovered that the Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2007:0871
did not address all possible flaws in the way Tomcat handles certain
characters and character sequences in cookie values. A remote attacker
could use this flaw to obtain sensitive information, such as session
IDs, and then use this information for session hijacking attacks.
(CVE-2007-5333)

Note: The fix for the CVE-2007-5333 flaw changes the default cookie
processing behavior: with this update, version 0 cookies that contain
values that must be quoted to be valid are automatically changed to
version 1 cookies. To reactivate the previous, but insecure behavior,
add the following entry to the '/etc/tomcat5/catalina.properties' 
file :

org.apache.tomcat.util.http.ServerCookie.VERSION_SWITCH=false

It was discovered that request dispatchers did not properly normalize
user requests that have trailing query strings, allowing remote
attackers to send specially crafted requests that would cause an
information leak. (CVE-2008-5515)

A flaw was found in the way the Tomcat AJP (Apache JServ Protocol)
connector processes AJP connections. An attacker could use this flaw
to send specially crafted requests that would cause a temporary denial
of service. (CVE-2009-0033)

It was discovered that the error checking methods of certain
authentication classes did not have sufficient error checking,
allowing remote attackers to enumerate (via brute-force methods)
usernames registered with applications running on Tomcat when
FORM-based authentication was used. (CVE-2009-0580)

A cross-site scripting (XSS) flaw was found in the examples calendar
application. With some web browsers, remote attackers could use this
flaw to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the 'time' parameter.
(CVE-2009-0781)

It was discovered that web applications containing their own XML
parsers could replace the XML parser Tomcat uses to parse
configuration files. A malicious web application running on a Tomcat
instance could read or, potentially, modify the configuration and
XML-based data of other web applications deployed on the same Tomcat
instance. (CVE-2009-0783)

Users of Tomcat should upgrade to these updated packages, which
contain backported patches to resolve these issues. Tomcat must be
restarted for this update to take effect."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2007-5333"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2008-5515"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2009-0033"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2009-0580"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2009-0781"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2009-0783"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://tomcat.apache.org/security-5.html"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009:1164"
  );
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected packages.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:F/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:F/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_framework_canvas", value:"true");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"canvas_package", value:'D2ExploitPack');
  script_cwe_id(20, 22, 79, 200);

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat5");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat5-admin-webapps");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat5-common-lib");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat5-jasper");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat5-jasper-javadoc");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat5-jsp-2.0-api");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat5-jsp-2.0-api-javadoc");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat5-server-lib");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat5-servlet-2.4-api");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat5-servlet-2.4-api-javadoc");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat5-webapps");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5.3");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2008/02/11");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2009/07/21");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2009/07/22");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2009-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
  script_family(english:"Red Hat Local Security Checks");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/RedHat/release", "Host/RedHat/rpm-list", "Host/cpu");

  exit(0);
}


include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("misc_func.inc");
include("rpm.inc");

if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
release = get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/release");
if (isnull(release) || "Red Hat" >!< release) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Red Hat");
os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "Red Hat Enterprise Linux.*release ([0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)?)", string:release);
if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "Red Hat");
os_ver = os_ver[1];
if (! preg(pattern:"^5([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Red Hat 5.x", "Red Hat " + os_ver);

if (!get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$" && "s390" >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Red Hat", cpu);

yum_updateinfo = get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/yum-updateinfo");
if (!empty_or_null(yum_updateinfo)) 
{
  rhsa = "RHSA-2009:1164";
  yum_report = redhat_generate_yum_updateinfo_report(rhsa:rhsa);
  if (!empty_or_null(yum_report))
  {
    security_report_v4(
      port       : 0,
      severity   : SECURITY_WARNING,
      extra      : yum_report 
    );
    exit(0);
  }
  else
  {
    audit_message = "affected by Red Hat security advisory " + rhsa;
    audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, audit_message);
  }
}
else
{
  flag = 0;
  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL5", cpu:"i386", reference:"tomcat5-5.5.23-0jpp.7.el5_3.2")) flag++;

  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL5", cpu:"s390x", reference:"tomcat5-5.5.23-0jpp.7.el5_3.2")) flag++;

  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL5", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"tomcat5-5.5.23-0jpp.7.el5_3.2")) flag++;

  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL5", cpu:"i386", reference:"tomcat5-admin-webapps-5.5.23-0jpp.7.el5_3.2")) flag++;

  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL5", cpu:"s390x", reference:"tomcat5-admin-webapps-5.5.23-0jpp.7.el5_3.2")) flag++;

  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL5", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"tomcat5-admin-webapps-5.5.23-0jpp.7.el5_3.2")) flag++;

  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL5", cpu:"i386", reference:"tomcat5-common-lib-5.5.23-0jpp.7.el5_3.2")) flag++;

  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL5", cpu:"s390x", reference:"tomcat5-common-lib-5.5.23-0jpp.7.el5_3.2")) flag++;

  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL5", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"tomcat5-common-lib-5.5.23-0jpp.7.el5_3.2")) flag++;

  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL5", cpu:"i386", reference:"tomcat5-jasper-5.5.23-0jpp.7.el5_3.2")) flag++;

  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL5", cpu:"s390x", reference:"tomcat5-jasper-5.5.23-0jpp.7.el5_3.2")) flag++;

  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL5", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"tomcat5-jasper-5.5.23-0jpp.7.el5_3.2")) flag++;

  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL5", cpu:"i386", reference:"tomcat5-jasper-javadoc-5.5.23-0jpp.7.el5_3.2")) flag++;

  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL5", cpu:"s390x", reference:"tomcat5-jasper-javadoc-5.5.23-0jpp.7.el5_3.2")) flag++;

  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL5", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"tomcat5-jasper-javadoc-5.5.23-0jpp.7.el5_3.2")) flag++;

  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL5", cpu:"i386", reference:"tomcat5-jsp-2.0-api-5.5.23-0jpp.7.el5_3.2")) flag++;

  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL5", cpu:"s390x", reference:"tomcat5-jsp-2.0-api-5.5.23-0jpp.7.el5_3.2")) flag++;

  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL5", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"tomcat5-jsp-2.0-api-5.5.23-0jpp.7.el5_3.2")) flag++;

  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL5", cpu:"i386", reference:"tomcat5-jsp-2.0-api-javadoc-5.5.23-0jpp.7.el5_3.2")) flag++;

  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL5", cpu:"s390x", reference:"tomcat5-jsp-2.0-api-javadoc-5.5.23-0jpp.7.el5_3.2")) flag++;

  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL5", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"tomcat5-jsp-2.0-api-javadoc-5.5.23-0jpp.7.el5_3.2")) flag++;

  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL5", cpu:"i386", reference:"tomcat5-server-lib-5.5.23-0jpp.7.el5_3.2")) flag++;

  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL5", cpu:"s390x", reference:"tomcat5-server-lib-5.5.23-0jpp.7.el5_3.2")) flag++;

  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL5", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"tomcat5-server-lib-5.5.23-0jpp.7.el5_3.2")) flag++;

  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL5", cpu:"i386", reference:"tomcat5-servlet-2.4-api-5.5.23-0jpp.7.el5_3.2")) flag++;

  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL5", cpu:"s390x", reference:"tomcat5-servlet-2.4-api-5.5.23-0jpp.7.el5_3.2")) flag++;

  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL5", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"tomcat5-servlet-2.4-api-5.5.23-0jpp.7.el5_3.2")) flag++;

  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL5", cpu:"i386", reference:"tomcat5-servlet-2.4-api-javadoc-5.5.23-0jpp.7.el5_3.2")) flag++;

  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL5", cpu:"s390x", reference:"tomcat5-servlet-2.4-api-javadoc-5.5.23-0jpp.7.el5_3.2")) flag++;

  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL5", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"tomcat5-servlet-2.4-api-javadoc-5.5.23-0jpp.7.el5_3.2")) flag++;

  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL5", cpu:"i386", reference:"tomcat5-webapps-5.5.23-0jpp.7.el5_3.2")) flag++;

  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL5", cpu:"s390x", reference:"tomcat5-webapps-5.5.23-0jpp.7.el5_3.2")) flag++;

  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL5", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"tomcat5-webapps-5.5.23-0jpp.7.el5_3.2")) flag++;


  if (flag)
  {
    security_report_v4(
      port       : 0,
      severity   : SECURITY_WARNING,
      extra      : rpm_report_get() + redhat_report_package_caveat()
    );
    exit(0);
  }
  else
  {
    tested = pkg_tests_get();
    if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
    else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "tomcat5 / tomcat5-admin-webapps / tomcat5-common-lib / etc");
  }
}
  • NASL familyScientific Linux Local Security Checks
    NASL idSL_20100802_TOMCAT5_ON_SL5_X.NASL
    descriptionA flaw was found in the way Tomcat handled the Transfer-Encoding header in HTTP requests. A specially crafted HTTP request could prevent Tomcat from sending replies, or cause Tomcat to return truncated replies, or replies containing data related to the requests of other users, for all subsequent HTTP requests. (CVE-2010-2227) The Tomcat security update RHSA-2009:1164 did not, unlike the erratum text stated, provide a fix for CVE-2009-0781, a cross-site scripting (XSS) flaw in the examples calendar application. With some web browsers, remote attackers could use this flaw to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id60828
    published2012-08-01
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2012-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/60828
    titleScientific Linux Security Update : tomcat5 on SL5.x i386/x86_64
  • NASL familyCentOS Local Security Checks
    NASL idCENTOS_RHSA-2009-1164.NASL
    descriptionUpdated tomcat packages that fix several security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. This update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. Apache Tomcat is a servlet container for the Java Servlet and JavaServer Pages (JSP) technologies. It was discovered that the Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2007:0871 did not address all possible flaws in the way Tomcat handles certain characters and character sequences in cookie values. A remote attacker could use this flaw to obtain sensitive information, such as session IDs, and then use this information for session hijacking attacks. (CVE-2007-5333) Note: The fix for the CVE-2007-5333 flaw changes the default cookie processing behavior: with this update, version 0 cookies that contain values that must be quoted to be valid are automatically changed to version 1 cookies. To reactivate the previous, but insecure behavior, add the following entry to the
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id43770
    published2010-01-06
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2010-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/43770
    titleCentOS 5 : tomcat (CESA-2009:1164)
  • NASL familyRed Hat Local Security Checks
    NASL idREDHAT-RHSA-2010-0580.NASL
    descriptionUpdated tomcat5 packages that fix multiple security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having important security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores, which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerability from the CVE links in the References section. Apache Tomcat is a servlet container for the Java Servlet and JavaServer Pages (JSP) technologies. A flaw was found in the way Tomcat handled the Transfer-Encoding header in HTTP requests. A specially crafted HTTP request could prevent Tomcat from sending replies, or cause Tomcat to return truncated replies, or replies containing data related to the requests of other users, for all subsequent HTTP requests. (CVE-2010-2227) The Tomcat security update RHSA-2009:1164 did not, unlike the erratum text stated, provide a fix for CVE-2009-0781, a cross-site scripting (XSS) flaw in the examples calendar application. With some web browsers, remote attackers could use this flaw to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id48231
    published2010-08-03
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2010-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/48231
    titleRHEL 5 : tomcat5 (RHSA-2010:0580)
  • NASL familyOracle Linux Local Security Checks
    NASL idORACLELINUX_ELSA-2009-1164.NASL
    descriptionFrom Red Hat Security Advisory 2009:1164 : Updated tomcat packages that fix several security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. This update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. Apache Tomcat is a servlet container for the Java Servlet and JavaServer Pages (JSP) technologies. It was discovered that the Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2007:0871 did not address all possible flaws in the way Tomcat handles certain characters and character sequences in cookie values. A remote attacker could use this flaw to obtain sensitive information, such as session IDs, and then use this information for session hijacking attacks. (CVE-2007-5333) Note: The fix for the CVE-2007-5333 flaw changes the default cookie processing behavior: with this update, version 0 cookies that contain values that must be quoted to be valid are automatically changed to version 1 cookies. To reactivate the previous, but insecure behavior, add the following entry to the
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id67895
    published2013-07-12
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2013-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/67895
    titleOracle Linux 5 : tomcat (ELSA-2009-1164)
  • NASL familyOracle Linux Local Security Checks
    NASL idORACLELINUX_ELSA-2010-0580.NASL
    descriptionFrom Red Hat Security Advisory 2010:0580 : Updated tomcat5 packages that fix multiple security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having important security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores, which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerability from the CVE links in the References section. Apache Tomcat is a servlet container for the Java Servlet and JavaServer Pages (JSP) technologies. A flaw was found in the way Tomcat handled the Transfer-Encoding header in HTTP requests. A specially crafted HTTP request could prevent Tomcat from sending replies, or cause Tomcat to return truncated replies, or replies containing data related to the requests of other users, for all subsequent HTTP requests. (CVE-2010-2227) The Tomcat security update RHSA-2009:1164 did not, unlike the erratum text stated, provide a fix for CVE-2009-0781, a cross-site scripting (XSS) flaw in the examples calendar application. With some web browsers, remote attackers could use this flaw to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id68076
    published2013-07-12
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2013-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/68076
    titleOracle Linux 5 : tomcat5 (ELSA-2010-0580)
  • NASL familyCentOS Local Security Checks
    NASL idCENTOS_RHSA-2010-0580.NASL
    descriptionUpdated tomcat5 packages that fix multiple security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having important security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores, which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerability from the CVE links in the References section. Apache Tomcat is a servlet container for the Java Servlet and JavaServer Pages (JSP) technologies. A flaw was found in the way Tomcat handled the Transfer-Encoding header in HTTP requests. A specially crafted HTTP request could prevent Tomcat from sending replies, or cause Tomcat to return truncated replies, or replies containing data related to the requests of other users, for all subsequent HTTP requests. (CVE-2010-2227) The Tomcat security update RHSA-2009:1164 did not, unlike the erratum text stated, provide a fix for CVE-2009-0781, a cross-site scripting (XSS) flaw in the examples calendar application. With some web browsers, remote attackers could use this flaw to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id48218
    published2010-08-03
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2010-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/48218
    titleCentOS 5 : tomcat5 (CESA-2010:0580)

Redhat

advisories
rhsa
idRHSA-2010:0580
rpms
  • tomcat5-0:5.5.23-0jpp.9.el5_5
  • tomcat5-admin-webapps-0:5.5.23-0jpp.9.el5_5
  • tomcat5-common-lib-0:5.5.23-0jpp.9.el5_5
  • tomcat5-debuginfo-0:5.5.23-0jpp.9.el5_5
  • tomcat5-jasper-0:5.5.23-0jpp.9.el5_5
  • tomcat5-jasper-javadoc-0:5.5.23-0jpp.9.el5_5
  • tomcat5-jsp-2.0-api-0:5.5.23-0jpp.9.el5_5
  • tomcat5-jsp-2.0-api-javadoc-0:5.5.23-0jpp.9.el5_5
  • tomcat5-server-lib-0:5.5.23-0jpp.9.el5_5
  • tomcat5-servlet-2.4-api-0:5.5.23-0jpp.9.el5_5
  • tomcat5-servlet-2.4-api-javadoc-0:5.5.23-0jpp.9.el5_5
  • tomcat5-webapps-0:5.5.23-0jpp.9.el5_5

References