Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2023-28708

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  - When using the RemoteIpFilter with requests received from a reverse proxy via HTTP that include the
    X-Forwarded-Proto header set to https, session cookies created by Apache Tomcat 11.0.0-M1 to 11.0.0.-M2,
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    versions may also be affected. (CVE-2023-28708)

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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/CentOS/rpm-list")) && empty_or_null(get_one_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l")) && empty_or_null(get_one_kb_item("Host/RedHat/rpm-list"))) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

include('linux_unpatched.inc');

var distro_constraints_array = {
  "Ubuntu Linux-14.04": {
    "package_manager": "dpkg-l",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "14.04",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "libservlet3.0-java"},
          {"reference": "libservlet3.0-java-doc"},
          {"reference": "libtomcat7-java"},
          {"reference": "tomcat7"},
          {"reference": "tomcat7-admin"},
          {"reference": "tomcat7-common"},
          {"reference": "tomcat7-docs"},
          {"reference": "tomcat7-examples"},
          {"reference": "tomcat7-user"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "Ubuntu Linux-16.04": {
    "package_manager": "dpkg-l",
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      {
        "release": "16.04",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "libservlet3.1-java"},
          {"reference": "libservlet3.1-java-doc"},
          {"reference": "libtomcat8-java"},
          {"reference": "tomcat7"},
          {"reference": "tomcat8"},
          {"reference": "tomcat8-admin"},
          {"reference": "tomcat8-common"},
          {"reference": "tomcat8-docs"},
          {"reference": "tomcat8-examples"},
          {"reference": "tomcat8-user"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "Ubuntu Linux-18.04": {
    "package_manager": "dpkg-l",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "18.04",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "tomcat7"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "CentOS Linux-7": {
    "package_manager": "rpm-list",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "7",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "tomcat"},
          {"reference": "tomcat-admin-webapps"},
          {"reference": "tomcat-docs-webapp"},
          {"reference": "tomcat-el-2.2-api"},
          {"reference": "tomcat-javadoc"},
          {"reference": "tomcat-jsp-2.2-api"},
          {"reference": "tomcat-jsvc"},
          {"reference": "tomcat-lib"},
          {"reference": "tomcat-servlet-3.0-api"},
          {"reference": "tomcat-webapps"}
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      }
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  },
  "Red Hat Enterprise Linux-7": {
    "package_manager": "rpm-list",
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      {
        "release": "7",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "tomcat"},
          {"reference": "tomcat-admin-webapps"},
          {"reference": "tomcat-docs-webapp"},
          {"reference": "tomcat-el-2.2-api"},
          {"reference": "tomcat-javadoc"},
          {"reference": "tomcat-jsp-2.2-api"},
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  "CentOS Linux-8": {
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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');
}