According to its self-reported version number, the Apache Tomcat instance listening on the remote host is 7.0.x prior to 7.0.76, 8.0.x < 8.0.42, 8.5.x < 8.5.12 or 9.0.x < 9.0.0.M18. It is, therefore, affected by the following vulnerability:
Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application’s self-reported version number.
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(121120);
script_version("1.6");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2022/04/11");
script_cve_id("CVE-2017-5648");
script_name(english:"Apache Tomcat 7.0.x < 7.0.76 / 8.0.x < 8.0.42 / 8.5.x < 8.5.12 / 9.0.x < 9.0.0.M18 Improper Access Control");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote Apache Tomcat server is affected by an
improper access control vulnerability.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"According to its self-reported version number, the Apache Tomcat
instance listening on the remote host is 7.0.x prior to 7.0.76,
8.0.x < 8.0.42, 8.5.x < 8.5.12 or 9.0.x < 9.0.0.M18. It is,
therefore, affected by the following vulnerability:
- An improper access control vulnerability exists when
calls to application listeners do not use the appropriate
facade object. This allows untrusted applications to
potentially access and modify information associated
with other web applications.
Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead
relied only on the application's self-reported version number.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://tomcat.apache.org/security-7.html#Fixed_in_Apache_Tomcat_7.0.76");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://tomcat.apache.org/security-8.html#Fixed_in_Apache_Tomcat_8.0.42");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://tomcat.apache.org/security-8.html#Fixed_in_Apache_Tomcat_8.5.12");
# http://tomcat.apache.org/security-9.html#Fixed_in_Apache_Tomcat_9.0.0.M18
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?3f871212");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Upgrade to Apache Tomcat version 7.0.76 / 8.0.42 / 8.5.12 / 9.0.0.M18 or later.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"agent", value:"all");
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N");
script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N");
script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2017-5648");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2017/01/29");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2017/03/16");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2019/01/11");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"combined");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:apache:tomcat");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"thorough_tests", value:"true");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_family(english:"Web Servers");
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2019-2022 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
script_dependencies("tomcat_error_version.nasl", "tomcat_win_installed.nbin", "apache_tomcat_nix_installed.nbin");
script_require_keys("installed_sw/Apache Tomcat");
exit(0);
}
include("tomcat_version.inc");
tomcat_check_version(fixed:make_list("7.0.76", "8.0.42", "8.5.12", "9.0.0.M18"), severity:SECURITY_WARNING, granularity_regex:"^(7(\.0)?|8(\.(0|5))?|9(\.0)?)$");