6.4 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
Low
4.3 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
0.002 Low
EPSS
Percentile
59.5%
Apache Tomcat Server is running on this host and that is prone to
a security bypass vulnerability.
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2008 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
CPE = "cpe:/a:apache:tomcat";
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.800024");
script_version("2023-07-28T05:05:23+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2023-07-28 05:05:23 +0000 (Fri, 28 Jul 2023)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2008-10-16 18:25:33 +0200 (Thu, 16 Oct 2008)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"4.3");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N");
script_cve_id("CVE-2008-3271");
script_name("Apache Tomcat RemoteFilterValve Security Bypass Vulnerability");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2008 Greenbone AG");
script_family("Web Servers");
script_dependencies("gb_apache_tomcat_consolidation.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("apache/tomcat/detected");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://tomcat.apache.org/security-4.html");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31698");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://tomcat.apache.org/security-5.html");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=25835");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful attempt could lead to remote code execution and attacker
can gain access to context of the filtered value.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Apache Tomcat version 4.1.x - 4.1.31, and 5.5.0.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"Flaw in the application is due to the synchronisation problem when checking
IP addresses. This could allow user from a non permitted IP address to gain access to a context that is protected
with a valve that extends RemoteFilterValve including the standard RemoteAddrValve and RemoteHostValve
implementations.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Upgrade to Apache Tomcat version 4.1.32, or 5.5.1, or later.");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Apache Tomcat Server is running on this host and that is prone to
a security bypass vulnerability.");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner_unreliable");
exit(0);
}
include("host_details.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 );
vers = infos["version"];
path = infos["location"];
if( version_in_range( version:vers, test_version:"4.1.0", test_version2:"4.1.31" ) ||
version_is_equal( version:vers, test_version:"5.5.0" ) ) {
report = report_fixed_ver( installed_version:vers, fixed_version:"4.1.32/5.5.1", install_path:path );
security_message( port:port, data:report );
exit( 0 );
}
exit( 99 );