Security Advisory for tomcat. Fixes CVE-2020-9484 for 'tomcat' package(s) on openSUSE Leap 15.1. Remote code execution via session persistence
Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 199 |
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![]() | CentOS 7 : tomcat (RHSA-2020:2530) | 12 Jun 202000:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | Scientific Linux Security Update : tomcat on SL7.x (noarch) (20200611) | 12 Jun 202000:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | openSUSE Security Update : tomcat (openSUSE-2020-711) | 26 May 202000:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | Oracle Linux 6 : tomcat6 (ELSA-2020-2529) | 17 Jun 202000:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | RHEL 7 : tomcat (RHSA-2020:2530) | 11 Jun 202000:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | RHEL 6 / 7 : Red Hat JBoss Web Server 3.1 Service Pack 9 (RHSA-2020:2483) | 10 Jun 202000:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2020-9484 | 4 Mar 202500:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | Fedora 31 : 1:tomcat (2020-ce396e7d5c) | 23 Jun 202000:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | Oracle Linux 7 : tomcat (ELSA-2020-2530) | 12 Jun 202000:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | NewStart CGSL CORE 5.04 / MAIN 5.04 : tomcat Vulnerability (NS-SA-2020-0055) | 9 Dec 202000:00 | – | nessus |
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if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.853179");
script_version("2025-02-28T05:38:49+0000");
script_cve_id("CVE-2020-9484");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"4.4");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-02-28 05:38:49 +0000 (Fri, 28 Feb 2025)");
script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2021-07-20 23:15:00 +0000 (Tue, 20 Jul 2021)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2020-05-25 03:00:48 +0000 (Mon, 25 May 2020)");
script_name("openSUSE: Security Advisory for tomcat (openSUSE-SU-2020:0711-1)");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2020 Greenbone Networks GmbH");
script_family("SuSE Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/opensuse", "ssh/login/rpms", re:"ssh/login/release=openSUSELeap15\.1");
script_xref(name:"openSUSE-SU", value:"2020:0711-1");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-05/msg00057.html");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update for the 'tomcat'
package(s) announced via the openSUSE-SU-2020:0711-1 advisory.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable package version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"This update for tomcat fixes the following issues:
* CVE-2020-9484 (bsc#1171928) Apache Tomcat Remote Code Execution via
session persistence
If an attacker was able to control the contents and name of a file on a
server configured to use the PersistenceManager, then the attacker could
have triggered a remote code execution via deserialization of the file
under their control.
This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15-SP1:Update update project.
Patch Instructions:
To install this openSUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended
installation methods
like YaST online_update or 'zypper patch'.
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:
- openSUSE Leap 15.1:
zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2020-711=1");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"'tomcat' package(s) on openSUSE Leap 15.1.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Please install the updated package(s).");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
exit(0);
}
include("revisions-lib.inc");
include("pkg-lib-rpm.inc");
release = rpm_get_ssh_release();
if(!release)
exit(0);
res = "";
report = "";
if(release == "openSUSELeap15.1") {
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"tomcat", rpm:"tomcat~9.0.35~lp151.3.18.1", rls:"openSUSELeap15.1"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"tomcat-admin-webapps", rpm:"tomcat-admin-webapps~9.0.35~lp151.3.18.1", rls:"openSUSELeap15.1"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"tomcat-docs-webapp", rpm:"tomcat-docs-webapp~9.0.35~lp151.3.18.1", rls:"openSUSELeap15.1"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"tomcat-el-3_0-api", rpm:"tomcat-el-3_0-api~9.0.35~lp151.3.18.1", rls:"openSUSELeap15.1"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"tomcat-embed", rpm:"tomcat-embed~9.0.35~lp151.3.18.1", rls:"openSUSELeap15.1"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"tomcat-javadoc", rpm:"tomcat-javadoc~9.0.35~lp151.3.18.1", rls:"openSUSELeap15.1"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"tomcat-jsp-2_3-api", rpm:"tomcat-jsp-2_3-api~9.0.35~lp151.3.18.1", rls:"openSUSELeap15.1"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"tomcat-jsvc", rpm:"tomcat-jsvc~9.0.35~lp151.3.18.1", rls:"openSUSELeap15.1"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"tomcat-lib", rpm:"tomcat-lib~9.0.35~lp151.3.18.1", rls:"openSUSELeap15.1"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"tomcat-servlet-4_0-api", rpm:"tomcat-servlet-4_0-api~9.0.35~lp151.3.18.1", rls:"openSUSELeap15.1"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"tomcat-webapps", rpm:"tomcat-webapps~9.0.35~lp151.3.18.1", rls:"openSUSELeap15.1"))) {
report += res;
}
if(report != "") {
security_message(data:report);
} else if(__pkg_match) {
exit(99);
}
exit(0);
}
exit(0);
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