| VID |
22688 |
| Severity |
30 |
| Port |
80, ... |
| Protocol |
TCP |
| Class |
WWW |
| Detailed Description |
According to its self-reported version number, the instance of Apache Tomcat 6.0.x, 7.0.x, 8.0.x listening on the remote host is earlier than Tomcat 6.0.40, 7.0.53, 8.0.4 and, therefore, may be affected by the following vulnerabilities :
- An error exists related to chunk size and chunked requests that could allow denial of service attacks. (CVE-2014-0075)
- An error exists related to XSLT handling and security managers that could allow security bypass related to external XML entities. (CVE-2014-0096)
- An error exists related to content length header handling and using the application behind a reverse proxy that could allow security bypass. (CVE-2014-0099)
* Note: This check solely relied on the version number of the remote Web server to assess this vulnerability, so this might be a false positive.
* References:
http://tomcat.apache.org/security-6.html#Fixed_in_Apache_Tomcat_6.0.41
http://tomcat.apache.org/security-7.html#Fixed_in_Apache_Tomcat_7.0.53
http://tomcat.apache.org/security-8.html#Fixed_in_Apache_Tomcat_8.0.5
* Platforms Affected:
Apache Tomcat Server versions prior to 6.0.40, 7.0.53, 8.0.4
Any operating system Any version |
| Recommendation |
Upgrade to the latest version of Apache Tomcat Server (6.0.40, 7.0.53, 8.0.4 or later), available from the Apache Software Foundation download site, http://tomcat.apache.org/ |
| Related URL |
CVE-2014-0075,CVE-2014-0096,CVE-2014-0099 (CVE) |
| Related URL |
67667,67668,67671 (SecurityFocus) |
| Related URL |
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