Debian Security Advisory DSA 395-1 (tomcat4) reveals a denial of service vulnerability in Apache Tomcat 4.0.x, allowing attackers to make Tomcat reject further requests until it is restarted
Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 10 |
---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | GHSA-7WJ2-48C4-2684 Apache Tomcat Denial of Service vulnerability in the Catalina package | 29 Apr 202201:27 | – | osv |
![]() | DSA-395 tomcat4 - incorrect input handling | 15 Oct 200300:00 | – | osv |
![]() | CVE-2003-0866 | 17 Nov 200305:00 | – | cve |
![]() | CVE-2003-0866 | 17 Oct 200304:00 | – | cvelist |
![]() | Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-395) | 17 Jan 200800:00 | – | openvas |
![]() | CVE-2003-0866 | 17 Nov 200305:00 | – | nvd |
![]() | Debian DSA-395-1 : tomcat4 - incorrect input handling | 29 Sep 200400:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | Apache Tomcat 4.x < 4.1.0 Multiple Vulnerabilities | 4 Nov 201000:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | Apache Tomcat Denial of Service vulnerability in the Catalina package | 29 Apr 202201:27 | – | github |
![]() | Fixed in Apache Tomcat 4.1.0 | 14 Jul 200500:00 | – | tomcat |
# OpenVAS Vulnerability Test
# $Id: deb_395_1.nasl 6616 2017-07-07 12:10:49Z cfischer $
# Description: Auto-generated from advisory DSA 395-1
#
# Authors:
# Thomas Reinke <[email protected]>
#
# Copyright:
# Copyright (c) 2007 E-Soft Inc. http://www.securityspace.com
# Text descriptions are largerly excerpted from the referenced
# advisory, and are Copyright (c) the respective author(s)
#
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2,
# as published by the Free Software Foundation
#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
#
include("revisions-lib.inc");
tag_insight = "Aldrin Martoq has discovered a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability in
Apache Tomcat 4.0.x. Sending several non-HTTP requests to Tomcat's HTTP
connector makes Tomcat reject further requests on this port until it is
restarted.
For the current stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed
in version 4.0.3-3woody3.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem does not exist in the
current version 4.1.24-2.
We recommend that you upgrade your tomcat4 packages and restart the";
tag_summary = "The remote host is missing an update to tomcat4
announced via advisory DSA 395-1.";
tag_solution = "https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%20395-1";
if(description)
{
script_id(53376);
script_cve_id("CVE-2003-0866");
script_version("$Revision: 6616 $");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"$Date: 2017-07-07 14:10:49 +0200 (Fri, 07 Jul 2017) $");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2008-01-17 22:36:24 +0100 (Thu, 17 Jan 2008)");
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_name("Debian Security Advisory DSA 395-1 (tomcat4)");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (c) 2005 E-Soft Inc. http://www.securityspace.com");
script_family("Debian Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/debian_linux", "ssh/login/packages");
script_tag(name : "solution" , value : tag_solution);
script_tag(name : "insight" , value : tag_insight);
script_tag(name : "summary" , value : tag_summary);
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
exit(0);
}
#
# The script code starts here
#
include("pkg-lib-deb.inc");
res = "";
report = "";
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"libtomcat4-java", ver:"4.0.3-3woody3", rls:"DEB3.0")) != NULL) {
report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"tomcat4-webapps", ver:"4.0.3-3woody3", rls:"DEB3.0")) != NULL) {
report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"tomcat4", ver:"4.0.3-3woody3", rls:"DEB3.0")) != NULL) {
report += res;
}
if (report != "") {
security_message(data:report);
} else if (__pkg_match) {
exit(99); # Not vulnerable.
}
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