CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
EPSS
Percentile
76.4%
It was discovered that Tomcat did not correctly validate WAR filenames or paths when deploying. A remote attacker could send a specially crafted WAR file to be deployed and cause arbitrary files and directories to be created, overwritten, or deleted.
Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Ubuntu Security Notice USN-899-1. The text
# itself is copyright (C) Canonical, Inc. See
# <http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/>. Ubuntu(R) is a registered
# trademark of Canonical, Inc.
#
include("compat.inc");
if (description)
{
script_id(44594);
script_version("1.13");
script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/09/19 12:54:26");
script_cve_id("CVE-2009-2693", "CVE-2009-2901", "CVE-2009-2902");
script_bugtraq_id(37942, 37944, 37945);
script_xref(name:"USN", value:"899-1");
script_name(english:"Ubuntu 8.10 / 9.04 / 9.10 : tomcat6 vulnerabilities (USN-899-1)");
script_summary(english:"Checks dpkg output for updated packages.");
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"synopsis",
value:
"The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related
patches."
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"description",
value:
"It was discovered that Tomcat did not correctly validate WAR filenames
or paths when deploying. A remote attacker could send a specially
crafted WAR file to be deployed and cause arbitrary files and
directories to be created, overwritten, or deleted.
Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding
description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable
has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible
without introducing additional issues."
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://usn.ubuntu.com/899-1/"
);
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected packages.");
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P");
script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");
script_cwe_id(22, 264);
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libservlet2.5-java");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libservlet2.5-java-doc");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libtomcat6-java");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:tomcat6");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:tomcat6-admin");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:tomcat6-common");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:tomcat6-docs");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:tomcat6-examples");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:tomcat6-user");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.10");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:9.04");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:9.10");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2010/01/28");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2010/02/11");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2010/02/12");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright(english:"Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2010-2019 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2010-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
script_family(english:"Ubuntu Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
script_require_keys("Host/cpu", "Host/Ubuntu", "Host/Ubuntu/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l");
exit(0);
}
include("audit.inc");
include("ubuntu.inc");
include("misc_func.inc");
if ( ! get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled") ) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
release = get_kb_item("Host/Ubuntu/release");
if ( isnull(release) ) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Ubuntu");
release = chomp(release);
if (! preg(pattern:"^(8\.10|9\.04|9\.10)$", string:release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Ubuntu 8.10 / 9.04 / 9.10", "Ubuntu " + release);
if ( ! get_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l") ) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Ubuntu", cpu);
flag = 0;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"8.10", pkgname:"libservlet2.5-java", pkgver:"6.0.18-0ubuntu3.3")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"8.10", pkgname:"libtomcat6-java", pkgver:"6.0.18-0ubuntu3.3")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"8.10", pkgname:"tomcat6", pkgver:"6.0.18-0ubuntu3.3")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"8.10", pkgname:"tomcat6-admin", pkgver:"6.0.18-0ubuntu3.3")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"8.10", pkgname:"tomcat6-common", pkgver:"6.0.18-0ubuntu3.3")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"8.10", pkgname:"tomcat6-docs", pkgver:"6.0.18-0ubuntu3.3")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"8.10", pkgname:"tomcat6-examples", pkgver:"6.0.18-0ubuntu3.3")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"8.10", pkgname:"tomcat6-user", pkgver:"6.0.18-0ubuntu3.3")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"9.04", pkgname:"libservlet2.5-java", pkgver:"6.0.18-0ubuntu6.2")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"9.04", pkgname:"libservlet2.5-java-doc", pkgver:"6.0.18-0ubuntu6.2")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"9.04", pkgname:"libtomcat6-java", pkgver:"6.0.18-0ubuntu6.2")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"9.04", pkgname:"tomcat6", pkgver:"6.0.18-0ubuntu6.2")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"9.04", pkgname:"tomcat6-admin", pkgver:"6.0.18-0ubuntu6.2")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"9.04", pkgname:"tomcat6-common", pkgver:"6.0.18-0ubuntu6.2")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"9.04", pkgname:"tomcat6-docs", pkgver:"6.0.18-0ubuntu6.2")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"9.04", pkgname:"tomcat6-examples", pkgver:"6.0.18-0ubuntu6.2")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"9.04", pkgname:"tomcat6-user", pkgver:"6.0.18-0ubuntu6.2")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"9.10", pkgname:"libservlet2.5-java", pkgver:"6.0.20-2ubuntu2.1")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"9.10", pkgname:"libservlet2.5-java-doc", pkgver:"6.0.20-2ubuntu2.1")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"9.10", pkgname:"libtomcat6-java", pkgver:"6.0.20-2ubuntu2.1")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"9.10", pkgname:"tomcat6", pkgver:"6.0.20-2ubuntu2.1")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"9.10", pkgname:"tomcat6-admin", pkgver:"6.0.20-2ubuntu2.1")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"9.10", pkgname:"tomcat6-common", pkgver:"6.0.20-2ubuntu2.1")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"9.10", pkgname:"tomcat6-docs", pkgver:"6.0.20-2ubuntu2.1")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"9.10", pkgname:"tomcat6-examples", pkgver:"6.0.20-2ubuntu2.1")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"9.10", pkgname:"tomcat6-user", pkgver:"6.0.20-2ubuntu2.1")) flag++;
if (flag)
{
security_report_v4(
port : 0,
severity : SECURITY_WARNING,
extra : ubuntu_report_get()
);
exit(0);
}
else
{
tested = ubuntu_pkg_tests_get();
if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "libservlet2.5-java / libservlet2.5-java-doc / libtomcat6-java / etc");
}