CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
AI Score
Confidence
High
EPSS
Percentile
76.9%
Apache Tomcat is prone to a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability.
# Copyright (C) 2021 Greenbone Networks GmbH
# 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-or-later
#
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
# modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
# as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
# of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
#
# 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.
#
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# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
CPE = "cpe:/a:apache:tomcat";
if (description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.146721");
script_version("2021-10-04T08:02:33+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2021-10-04 08:02:33 +0000 (Mon, 04 Oct 2021)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2021-09-17 08:53:57 +0000 (Fri, 17 Sep 2021)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"4.3");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");
script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H");
script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2021-09-28 19:02:00 +0000 (Tue, 28 Sep 2021)");
script_cve_id("CVE-2021-41079");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner_unreliable");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_name("Apache Tomcat DoS Vulnerability (Sep 2021) - Linux");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2021 Greenbone Networks GmbH");
script_family("Web Servers");
script_dependencies("gb_apache_tomcat_consolidation.nasl", "os_detection.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("apache/tomcat/detected", "Host/runs_unixoide");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Apache Tomcat is prone to a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"When Tomcat was configured to use NIO+OpenSSL or NIO2+OpenSSL
for TLS, a specially crafted packet could be used to trigger an infinite loop resulting in a
denial of service.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Apache Tomcat 8.5.0 through 8.5.63, 9.0.0-M1 through 9.0.43 and
10.0.0-M1 through 10.0.2.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 8.5.64, 9.0.44, 10.0.4 or later.");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rccdef0349fdf4fb73a4e4403095446d7fe6264e0a58e2df5c6799434%40%3Cannounce.tomcat.apache.org%3E");
exit(0);
}
include("host_details.inc");
include("revisions-lib.inc");
include("version_func.inc");
if (isnull(port = get_app_port(cpe: CPE)))
exit(0);
if (!infos = get_app_version_and_location(cpe: CPE, port: port, exit_no_version: TRUE))
exit(0);
version = infos["version"];
location = infos["location"];
if (version_in_range(version: version, test_version: "8.5.0", test_version2: "8.5.63")) {
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "8.5.64", install_path: location);
security_message(port: port, data: report);
exit(0);
}
if ((revcomp(a: version, b: "9.0.0.M1") >= 0) && (revcomp(a: version, b: "9.0.43") <= 0)) {
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "9.0.44", install_path: location);
security_message(port: port, data: report);
exit(0);
}
if ((revcomp(a: version, b: "10.0.0.M1") >= 0) && (revcomp(a: version, b: "10.0.2") <= 0)) {
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "10.0.4", install_path: location);
security_message(port: port, data: report);
exit(0);
}
exit(99);
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
AI Score
Confidence
High
EPSS
Percentile
76.9%