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CentOS Update for tomcat5 CESA-2011:0336 centos5 i386

🗓️ 09 Aug 2011 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2011 Greenbone AGType 
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CentOS Update for tomcat5 CESA-2011:0336 centos5 i386. Denial of service flaw found in Tomcat allowing a remote attacker to hang the server via specially-crafted HTTP request

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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2011 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

if(description)
{
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2011-April/017320.html");
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.880535");
  script_version("2026-04-24T06:23:04+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2026-04-24 06:23:04 +0000 (Fri, 24 Apr 2026)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2011-08-09 08:20:34 +0200 (Tue, 09 Aug 2011)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"5.0");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");
  script_xref(name:"CESA", value:"2011:0336");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2010-4476");
  script_name("CentOS Update for tomcat5 CESA-2011:0336 centos5 i386");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update for the 'tomcat5'
  package(s) announced via the referenced advisory.");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2011 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("CentOS Local Security Checks");
  script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/centos", "ssh/login/rpms", re:"ssh/login/release=CentOS5");
  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"tomcat5 on CentOS 5");
  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"Apache Tomcat is a servlet container for the Java Servlet and JavaServer
  Pages (JSP) technologies.

  A denial of service flaw was found in the way certain strings were
  converted to Double objects. A remote attacker could use this flaw to cause
  Tomcat to hang via a specially-crafted HTTP request. (CVE-2010-4476)

  Users of Tomcat should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a
  backported patch to correct this issue. Tomcat must be restarted for this
  update to take effect.");
  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Please install the updated packages.");
  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
  exit(0);
}

include("revisions-lib.inc");
include("pkg-lib-rpm.inc");

release = rpm_get_ssh_release();
if(!release)
  exit(0);

res = "";

if(release == "CentOS5")
{

  if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"tomcat5", rpm:"tomcat5~5.5.23~0jpp.17.el5_6", rls:"CentOS5")) != NULL)
  {
    security_message(data:res);
    exit(0);
  }

  if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"tomcat5-admin-webapps", rpm:"tomcat5-admin-webapps~5.5.23~0jpp.17.el5_6", rls:"CentOS5")) != NULL)
  {
    security_message(data:res);
    exit(0);
  }

  if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"tomcat5-common-lib", rpm:"tomcat5-common-lib~5.5.23~0jpp.17.el5_6", rls:"CentOS5")) != NULL)
  {
    security_message(data:res);
    exit(0);
  }

  if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"tomcat5-jasper", rpm:"tomcat5-jasper~5.5.23~0jpp.17.el5_6", rls:"CentOS5")) != NULL)
  {
    security_message(data:res);
    exit(0);
  }

  if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"tomcat5-jasper-javadoc", rpm:"tomcat5-jasper-javadoc~5.5.23~0jpp.17.el5_6", rls:"CentOS5")) != NULL)
  {
    security_message(data:res);
    exit(0);
  }

  if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"tomcat5-jsp-2.0-api", rpm:"tomcat5-jsp-2.0-api~5.5.23~0jpp.17.el5_6", rls:"CentOS5")) != NULL)
  {
    security_message(data:res);
    exit(0);
  }

  if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"tomcat5-jsp-2.0-api-javadoc", rpm:"tomcat5-jsp-2.0-api-javadoc~5.5.23~0jpp.17.el5_6", rls:"CentOS5")) != NULL)
  {
    security_message(data:res);
    exit(0);
  }

  if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"tomcat5-server-lib", rpm:"tomcat5-server-lib~5.5.23~0jpp.17.el5_6", rls:"CentOS5")) != NULL)
  {
    security_message(data:res);
    exit(0);
  }

  if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"tomcat5-servlet-2.4-api", rpm:"tomcat5-servlet-2.4-api~5.5.23~0jpp.17.el5_6", rls:"CentOS5")) != NULL)
  {
    security_message(data:res);
    exit(0);
  }

  if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"tomcat5-servlet-2.4-api-javadoc", rpm:"tomcat5-servlet-2.4-api-javadoc~5.5.23~0jpp.17.el5_6", rls:"CentOS5")) != NULL)
  {
    security_message(data:res);
    exit(0);
  }

  if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"tomcat5-webapps", rpm:"tomcat5-webapps~5.5.23~0jpp.17.el5_6", rls:"CentOS5")) != NULL)
  {
    security_message(data:res);
    exit(0);
  }

  if (__pkg_match) exit(99);
  exit(0);
}

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