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Apache Tomcat DoS Vulnerability (Sep 2021) - Windows

🗓️ 17 Sep 2021 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2021 Greenbone Networks GmbHType 
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Apache Tomcat DoS Vulnerability (Sep 2021) - Windows. The vulnerability in Apache Tomcat allows for a denial of service (DoS) when configured to use specific TLS protocols, resulting in an infinite loop

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CPE = "cpe:/a:apache:tomcat";

if (description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.146722");
  script_version("2021-10-04T08:02:33+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2021-10-04 08:02:33 +0000 (Mon, 04 Oct 2021)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2021-09-17 09:04:02 +0000 (Fri, 17 Sep 2021)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"4.3");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");
  script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H");
  script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
  script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2021-09-28 19:02:00 +0000 (Tue, 28 Sep 2021)");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2021-41079");

  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner");

  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");

  script_name("Apache Tomcat DoS Vulnerability (Sep 2021) - Windows");

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);

  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2021 Greenbone Networks GmbH");
  script_family("Web Servers");
  script_dependencies("gb_apache_tomcat_consolidation.nasl", "os_detection.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("apache/tomcat/detected", "Host/runs_windows");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Apache Tomcat is prone to a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability.");

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"When Tomcat was configured to use NIO+OpenSSL or NIO2+OpenSSL
  for TLS, a specially crafted packet could be used to trigger an infinite loop resulting in a
  denial of service.");

  script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Apache Tomcat 8.5.0 through 8.5.63, 9.0.0-M1 through 9.0.43 and
  10.0.0-M1 through 10.0.2.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 8.5.64, 9.0.44, 10.0.4 or later.");

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rccdef0349fdf4fb73a4e4403095446d7fe6264e0a58e2df5c6799434%40%3Cannounce.tomcat.apache.org%3E");

  exit(0);
}

include("host_details.inc");
include("revisions-lib.inc");
include("version_func.inc");

if (isnull(port = get_app_port(cpe: CPE)))
  exit(0);

if (!infos = get_app_version_and_location(cpe: CPE, port: port, exit_no_version: TRUE))
  exit(0);

version = infos["version"];
location = infos["location"];

if (version_in_range(version: version, test_version: "8.5.0", test_version2: "8.5.63")) {
  report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "8.5.64", install_path: location);
  security_message(port: port, data: report);
  exit(0);
}

if ((revcomp(a: version, b: "9.0.0.M1") >= 0) && (revcomp(a: version, b: "9.0.43") <= 0)) {
  report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "9.0.44", install_path: location);
  security_message(port: port, data: report);
  exit(0);
}

if ((revcomp(a: version, b: "10.0.0.M1") >= 0) && (revcomp(a: version, b: "10.0.2") <= 0)) {
  report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "10.0.4", install_path: location);
  security_message(port: port, data: report);
  exit(0);
}

exit(99);

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04 Oct 2021 00:00Current
7.4High risk
Vulners AI Score7.4
CVSS 24.3
CVSS 3.17.5
EPSS0.07182
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