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
98.4%
Apache Tomcat is prone to multiple vulnerabilities.
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2023 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
CPE = "cpe:/a:apache:tomcat";
if (description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.170597");
script_version("2023-10-17T05:05:34+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2023-10-17 05:05:34 +0000 (Tue, 17 Oct 2023)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2023-10-11 08:05:57 +0000 (Wed, 11 Oct 2023)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"7.8");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C");
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:"2023-10-14 01:15:00 +0000 (Sat, 14 Oct 2023)");
script_cve_id("CVE-2023-42795", "CVE-2023-44487", "CVE-2023-45648");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner_unreliable");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_name("Apache Tomcat Multiple Vulnerabilities (Oct 2023) - Linux");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2023 Greenbone AG");
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 multiple vulnerabilities.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The following flaws exist:
- CVE-2023-42795: When recycling various internal objects, including the request and the response,
prior to re-use by the next request/response, an error could cause Tomcat to skip some parts of the
recycling process leading to information leaking from the current request/response to the next.
- CVE-2023-44487: HTTP/2 rapid reset attack
- CVE-2023-45648: A specially crafted, invalid trailer header could cause Tomcat to treat a single
request as multiple requests leading to the possibility of request smuggling when behind a reverse
proxy.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Apache Tomcat versions 8.5.0 through 8.5.93, 9.0.0-M1 through
9.0.80, 10.0.0 through 10.1.13 and 11.0.0-M1 through 11.0.0-M11.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 8.5.94, 9.0.81, 10.1.14, 11.0.0-M12 or
later.");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://lists.apache.org/thread/065jfyo583490r9j2v73nhpyxdob56lw");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://lists.apache.org/thread/3m81kt8c2gtg4nkjfwt2hvt5l9ycx6vl");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://lists.apache.org/thread/2pv8yz1pyp088tsxfb7ogltk9msk0jdp");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://tomcat.apache.org/security-11.html#Fixed_in_Apache_Tomcat_11.0.0-M12");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://tomcat.apache.org/security-10.html#Fixed_in_Apache_Tomcat_10.1.14");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://tomcat.apache.org/security-9.html#Fixed_in_Apache_Tomcat_9.0.81");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://tomcat.apache.org/security-8.html#Fixed_in_Apache_Tomcat_8.5.94");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/identity-security/how-it-works-the-novel-http2-rapid-reset-ddos-attack");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://blog.cloudflare.com/technical-breakdown-http2-rapid-reset-ddos-attack/");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/security/how-aws-protects-customers-from-ddos-events/");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/10/6");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/alerts/2023/10/10/http2-rapid-reset-vulnerability-cve-2023-44487");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog");
script_xref(name:"CISA", value:"Known Exploited Vulnerability (KEV) catalog");
exit(0);
}
include("host_details.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_exclusive(version: version, test_version_lo: "8.5.0", test_version_up: "8.5.94")) {
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "8.5.94", install_path: location);
security_message(port: port, data: report);
exit(0);
}
if (version_in_range_exclusive(version: version, test_version_lo: "9.0.0.M1", test_version_up: "9.0.81")) {
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "9.0.81", install_path: location);
security_message(port: port, data: report);
exit(0);
}
if (version_in_range_exclusive(version: version, test_version_lo: "10.0.0", test_version_up: "10.1.14")) {
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "10.1.14", install_path: location);
security_message(port: port, data: report);
exit(0);
}
if (version_in_range_exclusive(version: version, test_version_lo: "11.0.0.M1", test_version_up: "11.0.0.M12")) {
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "11.0.0-M12", install_path: location);
security_message(port: port, data: report);
exit(0);
}
exit(99);
aws.amazon.com/blogs/security/how-aws-protects-customers-from-ddos-events/
blog.cloudflare.com/technical-breakdown-http2-rapid-reset-ddos-attack/
cloud.google.com/blog/products/identity-security/how-it-works-the-novel-http2-rapid-reset-ddos-attack
lists.apache.org/thread/065jfyo583490r9j2v73nhpyxdob56lw
lists.apache.org/thread/2pv8yz1pyp088tsxfb7ogltk9msk0jdp
lists.apache.org/thread/3m81kt8c2gtg4nkjfwt2hvt5l9ycx6vl
tomcat.apache.org/security-10.html#Fixed_in_Apache_Tomcat_10.1.14
tomcat.apache.org/security-11.html#Fixed_in_Apache_Tomcat_11.0.0-M12
tomcat.apache.org/security-8.html#Fixed_in_Apache_Tomcat_8.5.94
tomcat.apache.org/security-9.html#Fixed_in_Apache_Tomcat_9.0.81
www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog
www.cisa.gov/news-events/alerts/2023/10/10/http2-rapid-reset-vulnerability-cve-2023-44487
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/10/6
Known Exploited Vulnerability (KEV) catalog
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
98.4%