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Apache Tomcat 8.5.x < 8.5.8 / 9.0.0.x < 9.0.0.M13 Multiple Vulnerabilities

high Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 9906

Synopsis

The remote Apache Tomcat server is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

According to its self-reported version number, the Apache Tomcat service running on the remote host is 8.5.x prior to 8.5.8 or 9.0.x prior to 9.0.0.M13. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities:

 - A flaw exists that is triggered when handling request lines containing certain invalid characters. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this, by injecting additional headers into responses, to conduct HTTP response splitting attacks. (CVE-2016-6816)

- A denial of service vulnerability exists in the HTTP/2 parser due to an infinite loop caused by improper parsing of overly large headers. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this, via a specially crafted request, to cause a denial of service condition.
Note that this vulnerability only affects 8.5.x versions. (CVE-2016-6817)

 - A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the JMX listener in JmxRemoteLifecycleListener.java due to improper deserialization of Java objects. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-8735)

 - A denial of service vulnerability exists in the HTTP/2 parser due to an infinite loop caused by improper parsing of overly large headers. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this, via a specially crafted request, to cause a denial of service condition. Note that this vulnerability only affects 8.5.x versions. (CVE-2016-6817)

Note that Nessus Network Monitor has not attempted to exploit these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to Apache Tomcat version 8.5.8 / 9.0.0.M13 or later.

See Also

https://tomcat.apache.org/security-8.html#Fixed_in_Apache_Tomcat_8.5.8,http://tomcat.apache.org/security-9.html#Fixed_in_Apache_Tomcat_9.0.0.M13

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 9906

Family: Web Servers

Published: 1/24/2017

Updated: 3/6/2019

Nessus ID: 95438

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:apache:tomcat

Patch Publication Date: 11/22/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/2/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-6816

BID: 94461