Apache Tomcat 8/7/6 (Debian-Based Distros) - Local Privilege Escalation

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2016-1240  

# OpenVAS Vulnerability Test # $Id: deb_3670.nasl 14279 2019-03-18 14:48:34Z cfischer $ # Auto-generated from advisory DSA 3670-1 using nvtgen 1.0 # Script version: 1.0 # # Author: # Greenbone Networks # # Copyright: # Copyright (c) 2016 Greenbone Networks GmbH http://greenbone.net # Text descriptions are largely 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 # 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. # # 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. # if(description) { script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.703670"); script_version("$Revision: 14279 $"); script_cve_id("CVE-2016-1240"); script_name("Debian Security Advisory DSA 3670-1 (tomcat8 - security update)"); script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"$Date: 2019-03-18 15:48:34 +0100 (Mon, 18 Mar 2019) $"); script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2016-09-15 00:00:00 +0200 (Thu, 15 Sep 2016)"); script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"7.2"); script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C"); script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix"); script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package"); script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3670.html"); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright("Copyright (c) 2016 Greenbone Networks GmbH http://greenbone.net"); script_family("Debian Local Security Checks"); script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl"); script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/debian_linux", "ssh/login/packages", re:"ssh/login/release=DEB8"); script_tag(name:"affected", value:"tomcat8 on Debian Linux"); script_tag(name:"solution", value:"For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 8.0.14-1+deb8u3. For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem will be fixed soon. We recommend that you upgrade your tomcat8 packages."); script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Dawid Golunski of LegalHackers discovered that the Tomcat init script performed unsafe file handling, which could result in local privilege escalation."); script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"This check tests the installed software version using the apt package manager."); exit(0); } include("revisions-lib.inc"); include("pkg-lib-deb.inc"); res = ""; report = ""; if((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"libservlet3.1-java", ver:"8.0.14-1+deb8u3", rls:"DEB8")) != NULL) { report += res; } if((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"libservlet3.1-java-doc", ver:"8.0.14-1+deb8u3", rls:"DEB8")) != NULL) { report += res; } if((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"libtomcat8-java", ver:"8.0.14-1+deb8u3", rls:"DEB8")) != NULL) { report += res; } if((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"tomcat8", ver:"8.0.14-1+deb8u3", rls:"DEB8")) != NULL) { report += res; } if((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"tomcat8-admin", ver:"8.0.14-1+deb8u3", rls:"DEB8")) != NULL) { report += res; } if((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"tomcat8-common", ver:"8.0.14-1+deb8u3", rls:"DEB8")) != NULL) { report += res; } if((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"tomcat8-docs", ver:"8.0.14-1+deb8u3", rls:"DEB8")) != NULL) { report += res; } if((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"tomcat8-examples", ver:"8.0.14-1+deb8u3", rls:"DEB8")) != NULL) { report += res; } if((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"tomcat8-user", ver:"8.0.14-1+deb8u3", rls:"DEB8")) != NULL) { report += res; } if(report != "") { security_message(data:report); } else if (__pkg_match) { exit(99); }