5.3 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
5.7 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
High
5 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
0.005 Low
EPSS
Percentile
75.0%
Apache Tomcat has an incorrectly documented CGI search algorithm.
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2018 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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.812695");
script_version("2023-07-20T05:05:18+0000");
script_cve_id("CVE-2017-15706");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"5.0");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2023-07-20 05:05:18 +0000 (Thu, 20 Jul 2023)");
script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N");
script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2019-04-15 16:31:00 +0000 (Mon, 15 Apr 2019)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2018-02-06 12:00:53 +0530 (Tue, 06 Feb 2018)");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner_unreliable");
script_name("Apache Tomcat Incorrectly Documented CGI Search Algorithm - Linux");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Apache Tomcat has an incorrectly documented CGI search algorithm.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The flaw exists as the description of the
search algorithm used by the CGI Servlet to identify which script to execute
was not correct.");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successfully exploiting this issue will result
some scripts failing to execute as expected and other scripts to execute
unexpectedly.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Apache Tomcat versions 9.0.0.M22 to 9.0.1
Apache Tomcat versions 8.5.16 to 8.5.23
Apache Tomcat versions 8.0.45 to 8.0.47
Apache Tomcat versions 7.0.79 to 7.0.82 on Linux.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Upgrade to Apache Tomcat version 9.0.2,
8.5.24, 8.0.48, 7.0.84 or later.");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://tomcat.apache.org/security-9.html");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://tomcat.apache.org/security-8.html");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://tomcat.apache.org/security-7.html");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/e1ef853fc0079cdb55befbd2dac042934e49288b476d5f6a649e5da2@<announce.tomcat.apache.org>");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2018 Greenbone AG");
script_family("Web Servers");
script_dependencies("gb_apache_tomcat_consolidation.nasl", "os_detection.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("apache/tomcat/detected", "Host/runs_unixoide");
exit(0);
}
include("host_details.inc");
include("revisions-lib.inc");
include("version_func.inc");
if(isnull(tomPort = get_app_port(cpe:CPE)))
exit(0);
if(!infos = get_app_version_and_location(cpe:CPE, port:tomPort, exit_no_version:TRUE))
exit(0);
appVer = infos['version'];
path = infos['location'];
if(appVer =~ "^8\.5")
{
if(version_in_range(version:appVer, test_version: "8.5.16", test_version2: "8.5.23")){
fix = "8.5.24";
}
} else if(appVer =~ "^7\.0")
{
if(version_in_range(version:appVer, test_version: "7.0.79", test_version2: "7.0.82")){
fix = "7.0.84";
}
} else if(appVer =~ "^8\.0")
{
if(version_in_range(version:appVer, test_version: "8.0.45", test_version2: "8.0.47")){
fix = "8.0.48";
}
} else if(appVer =~ "^9\.0")
{
if((revcomp(a:appVer, b: "9.0.0.M22") >= 0) && (revcomp(a:appVer, b: "9.0.2") < 0)){
fix = "9.0.2";
}
}
if(fix)
{
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version:appVer, fixed_version:fix, install_path:path);
security_message(port:tomPort, data: report);
exit(0);
}
exit(0);
5.3 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
5.7 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
High
5 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
0.005 Low
EPSS
Percentile
75.0%