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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2014-0075

🗓️ 04 Mar 2025 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
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Linux/Unix is vulnerable to CVE-2014-0075; no vendor patch exists for affected packages.

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Security Bulletin: Multiple Apache Tomcat vulnerabilities in QRadar (CVE-2014-0075, CVE-2014-0095, CVE-2014-0096, CVE-2014-0099, CVE-2014-0119)
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Security Bulletin: Tivoli Common Reporting iFixes for multiple Security Vulnerabilities (CVE-2014-3566,CVE-2014-6145,CVE-2014-1568,CVE-2014-4263,CVE-2014-3513,CVE-2014-3567,CVE-2014-3568,CVE-2014-0107,CVE-2014-0075,CVE-2014-0096,CVE-2014-0099,CVE-2014-011
17 Jun 201814:55
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IBM Security Bulletins
Security Bulletin: Security vulnerabilities in Apache Tomcat for WebSphere Application Server Community Edition 2.1.1.6 and 3.0.0.4(CVE-2014-0075, CVE-2014-0096 and CVE-2014-0119)
15 Jun 201807:01
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IBM Security Bulletins
Security Bulletin: Apache Tomcat vulnerabilities on IBM SAN Volume Controller and Storwize Family (CVE-2013-4286 CVE-2013-4322 CVE-2014-0075 CVE-2014-0099)
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Security Bulletin: TADDM affected by multiple vulnerabilities due to Apache Tomcat libraries
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Security Bulletin: IBM Disconnected Log Collector is vulnerable to using components with known vulnerabilities
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Security Bulletin: Cognos BI Server is affected by the following vulnerabilities: CVE-2014-0107, CVE-2014-0075, CVE-2014-0096, CVE-2014-0099, CVE-2014-0119, CVE-2014-0878, CVE-2014-0460
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Security Bulletin: Websphere Message Broker and IBM Integration Bus are affected by Open Source Tomcat
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Security Bulletin: Apache Tomcat vulnerabilities on IBM SAN Volume Controller and Storwize Family (CVE-2013-4286 CVE-2013-4332 CVE-2014-0075 CVE-2014-0099)
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#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
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# (C) Tenable, Inc.
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include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(218365);
  script_version("1.2");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2026/01/28");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2014-0075");

  script_name(english:"Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2014-0075");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed with a vulnerability that the vendor indicates will not be
patched.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied
patch available.

  - Integer overflow in the parseChunkHeader function in
    java/org/apache/coyote/http11/filters/ChunkedInputFilter.java in Apache Tomcat before 6.0.40, 7.x before
    7.0.53, and 8.x before 8.0.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption)
    via a malformed chunk size in chunked transfer coding of a request during the streaming of data.
    (CVE-2014-0075)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2014-0075");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"There is no known solution at this time.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"agent", value:"unix");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:POC/RL:U/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:U/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2014-0075");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vendor_unpatched", value:"true");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2014/03/27");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2025/03/04");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tomcat5");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"Misc.");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2025-2026 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  script_dependencies("set_linux_os_id.nasl", "ssh_get_info2.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/OS/identifier", "Host/cpu", "Host/local_checks_enabled", "global_settings/vendor_unpatched");
  script_require_ports("Host/OS/Red Hat Enterprise Linux-5");

  exit(0);
}

if (!get_kb_item("global_settings/vendor_unpatched")) exit(0, "Unpatched Vulnerabilities Detection not active.");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (empty_or_null(get_one_kb_item("Host/RedHat/rpm-list"))) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

include('linux_unpatched.inc');

var distro_constraints_array = {
  "Red Hat Enterprise Linux-5": {
    "package_manager": "rpm-list",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "5",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "tomcat5"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
};

var distro_constraints_values = linux_unpatched::get_distro_constraints(distro_constraints_arr:distro_constraints_array);
if (empty_or_null(distro_constraints_values)) audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, 'affected');
var report = linux_unpatched::check_unpatched_constraints(distro_constraints_values:distro_constraints_values);

if (!empty_or_null(report))
{
  security_report_v4(
      port       : 0,
      severity   : SECURITY_WARNING,
      extra      : report
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, 'affected');
}

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28 Jan 2026 00:00Current
6.9Medium risk
Vulners AI Score6.9
CVSS 25
EPSS0.46749
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