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Amazon Linux AMI : tomcat6 (ALAS-2013-196)

2013-09-0400:00:00
This script is Copyright (C) 2013-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
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13

6.9 Medium

CVSS2

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

COMPLETE

Integrity Impact

COMPLETE

Availability Impact

COMPLETE

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

5.1%

The (1) tomcat5, (2) tomcat6, and (3) tomcat7 init scripts, as used in the RPM distribution of Tomcat for JBoss Enterprise Web Server 1.0.2 and 2.0.0, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6, allow local users to change the ownership of arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (a) tomcat5-initd.log, (b) tomcat6-initd.log, ยฉ catalina.out, or (d) tomcat7-initd.log.

#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Amazon Linux AMI Security Advisory ALAS-2013-196.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(69754);
  script_version("1.5");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2018/04/18 15:09:35");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2013-1976");
  script_xref(name:"ALAS", value:"2013-196");

  script_name(english:"Amazon Linux AMI : tomcat6 (ALAS-2013-196)");
  script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated packages");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:"The remote Amazon Linux AMI host is missing a security update."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"The (1) tomcat5, (2) tomcat6, and (3) tomcat7 init scripts, as used in
the RPM distribution of Tomcat for JBoss Enterprise Web Server 1.0.2
and 2.0.0, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6, allow local users to
change the ownership of arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (a)
tomcat5-initd.log, (b) tomcat6-initd.log, (c) catalina.out, or (d)
tomcat7-initd.log."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2013-196.html"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution", 
    value:"Run 'yum update tomcat6' to update your system."
  );
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:tomcat6");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:tomcat6-admin-webapps");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:tomcat6-docs-webapp");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:tomcat6-el-2.1-api");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:tomcat6-javadoc");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:tomcat6-jsp-2.1-api");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:tomcat6-lib");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:tomcat6-servlet-2.5-api");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:tomcat6-webapps");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:amazon:linux");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2013/06/11");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2013/09/04");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2013-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
  script_family(english:"Amazon Linux Local Security Checks");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/AmazonLinux/release", "Host/AmazonLinux/rpm-list");

  exit(0);
}


include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("rpm.inc");


if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);

release = get_kb_item("Host/AmazonLinux/release");
if (isnull(release) || !strlen(release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Amazon Linux");
os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "^AL(A|\d)", string:release);
if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "Amazon Linux");
os_ver = os_ver[1];
if (os_ver != "A")
{
  if (os_ver == 'A') os_ver = 'AMI';
  audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Amazon Linux AMI", "Amazon Linux " + os_ver);
}

if (!get_kb_item("Host/AmazonLinux/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);


flag = 0;
if (rpm_check(release:"ALA", reference:"tomcat6-6.0.37-1.1.amzn1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"ALA", reference:"tomcat6-admin-webapps-6.0.37-1.1.amzn1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"ALA", reference:"tomcat6-docs-webapp-6.0.37-1.1.amzn1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"ALA", reference:"tomcat6-el-2.1-api-6.0.37-1.1.amzn1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"ALA", reference:"tomcat6-javadoc-6.0.37-1.1.amzn1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"ALA", reference:"tomcat6-jsp-2.1-api-6.0.37-1.1.amzn1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"ALA", reference:"tomcat6-lib-6.0.37-1.1.amzn1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"ALA", reference:"tomcat6-servlet-2.5-api-6.0.37-1.1.amzn1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"ALA", reference:"tomcat6-webapps-6.0.37-1.1.amzn1")) flag++;

if (flag)
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get());
  else security_warning(0);
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  tested = pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "tomcat6 / tomcat6-admin-webapps / tomcat6-docs-webapp / etc");
}
VendorProductVersionCPE
amazonlinuxtomcat6p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:tomcat6
amazonlinuxtomcat6-admin-webappsp-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:tomcat6-admin-webapps
amazonlinuxtomcat6-docs-webappp-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:tomcat6-docs-webapp
amazonlinuxtomcat6-el-2.1-apip-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:tomcat6-el-2.1-api
amazonlinuxtomcat6-javadocp-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:tomcat6-javadoc
amazonlinuxtomcat6-jsp-2.1-apip-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:tomcat6-jsp-2.1-api
amazonlinuxtomcat6-libp-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:tomcat6-lib
amazonlinuxtomcat6-servlet-2.5-apip-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:tomcat6-servlet-2.5-api
amazonlinuxtomcat6-webappsp-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:tomcat6-webapps
amazonlinuxcpe:/o:amazon:linux

6.9 Medium

CVSS2

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

COMPLETE

Integrity Impact

COMPLETE

Availability Impact

COMPLETE

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

5.1%