6.9 - CVE-2013-1976

Executive Summary

Informations
Name	CVE-2013-1976	First vendor Publication	2013-07-09
Vendor	Cve	Last vendor Modification	2019-04-22

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score	NA
Base Score	NA	Environmental Score	NA
impact SubScore	NA	Temporal Score	NA
Exploitabality Sub Score	NA

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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Cvss Base Score	6.9	Attack Range	Local
Cvss Impact Score	10	Attack Complexity	Medium
Cvss Expoit Score	3.4	Authentication	None Required
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Detail

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.

Original Source

Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-1976

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

%	Id	Name
100 %	CWE-59	Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:21136

Oval ID:	oval:org.mitre.oval:def:21136
Title:	RHSA-2013:0870: tomcat5 security update (Important)
Description:	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.
Family:	unix	Class:	patch
Reference(s):	RHSA-2013:0870-00 CESA-2013:0870 CVE-2013-1976	Version:	4
Platform(s):	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 CentOS Linux 5	Product(s):	tomcat5
Definition Synopsis:
Redhat 5 or Centos 5 release The operating system installed on the system is Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 AND CentOS Linux 5.x Packages section tomcat5-admin-webapps is earlier than 0:5.5.23-0jpp.40.el5_9 AND tomcat5-jasper is earlier than 0:5.5.23-0jpp.40.el5_9 AND tomcat5-server-lib is earlier than 0:5.5.23-0jpp.40.el5_9 AND tomcat5-jsp-2.0-api-javadoc is earlier than 0:5.5.23-0jpp.40.el5_9 AND tomcat5-servlet-2.4-api-javadoc is earlier than 0:5.5.23-0jpp.40.el5_9 AND tomcat5-jasper-javadoc is earlier than 0:5.5.23-0jpp.40.el5_9 AND tomcat5-servlet-2.4-api is earlier than 0:5.5.23-0jpp.40.el5_9 AND tomcat5-jsp-2.0-api is earlier than 0:5.5.23-0jpp.40.el5_9 AND tomcat5-common-lib is earlier than 0:5.5.23-0jpp.40.el5_9 AND tomcat5 is earlier than 0:5.5.23-0jpp.40.el5_9 AND tomcat5-webapps is earlier than 0:5.5.23-0jpp.40.el5_9

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:23165

Oval ID:	oval:org.mitre.oval:def:23165
Title:	ELSA-2013:0870: tomcat5 security update (Important)
Description:	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.
Family:	unix	Class:	patch
Reference(s):	ELSA-2013:0870-00 CVE-2013-1976	Version:	6
Platform(s):	Oracle Linux 5	Product(s):	tomcat5
Definition Synopsis:
Oracle Linux 5.x rpm test tomcat5-admin-webapps is earlier than 0:5.5.23-0jpp.40.el5_9 AND tomcat5-jasper is earlier than 0:5.5.23-0jpp.40.el5_9 AND tomcat5-server-lib is earlier than 0:5.5.23-0jpp.40.el5_9 AND tomcat5-jsp-2.0-api-javadoc is earlier than 0:5.5.23-0jpp.40.el5_9 AND tomcat5-servlet-2.4-api-javadoc is earlier than 0:5.5.23-0jpp.40.el5_9 AND tomcat5-jasper-javadoc is earlier than 0:5.5.23-0jpp.40.el5_9 AND tomcat5-servlet-2.4-api is earlier than 0:5.5.23-0jpp.40.el5_9 AND tomcat5-jsp-2.0-api is earlier than 0:5.5.23-0jpp.40.el5_9 AND tomcat5-common-lib is earlier than 0:5.5.23-0jpp.40.el5_9 AND tomcat5 is earlier than 0:5.5.23-0jpp.40.el5_9 AND tomcat5-webapps is earlier than 0:5.5.23-0jpp.40.el5_9

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:27473

Oval ID:	oval:org.mitre.oval:def:27473
Title:	DEPRECATED: ELSA-2013-0870 -- tomcat5 security update (important)
Description:	[0:5.5.23-0jpp.40] - Related: CVE-2013-1976 It was found during additional testing - that the tomcat5 init may fail to start because the user - shell is set to sbin/nologin. Fixed in init scrip. SU now - uses -s /bin/sh during startup [0:5.5.23-0jpp.39] - Resolves: CVE-2013-1976 Improper TOMCAT_LOG management in - initscript. Change location of TOMCAT_LOG to /var/log so - only root can write to it. Touching TOMCAT_LOG is no longer - required during initscript startup. Permissions and ownership - changed to 0755 tomcat:root for logdir
Family:	unix	Class:	patch
Reference(s):	ELSA-2013-0870 CVE-2013-1976	Version:	4
Platform(s):	Oracle Linux 5	Product(s):	tomcat5
Definition Synopsis:
Oracle Linux 5.x Packages match section tomcat5 is earlier than 0:5.5.23-0jpp.40.el5_9 AND tomcat5-admin-webapps is earlier than 0:5.5.23-0jpp.40.el5_9 AND tomcat5-common-lib is earlier than 0:5.5.23-0jpp.40.el5_9 AND tomcat5-jasper is earlier than 0:5.5.23-0jpp.40.el5_9 AND tomcat5-jasper-javadoc is earlier than 0:5.5.23-0jpp.40.el5_9 AND tomcat5-jsp-2.0-api is earlier than 0:5.5.23-0jpp.40.el5_9 AND tomcat5-jsp-2.0-api-javadoc is earlier than 0:5.5.23-0jpp.40.el5_9 AND tomcat5-server-lib is earlier than 0:5.5.23-0jpp.40.el5_9 AND tomcat5-servlet-2.4-api is earlier than 0:5.5.23-0jpp.40.el5_9 AND tomcat5-servlet-2.4-api-javadoc is earlier than 0:5.5.23-0jpp.40.el5_9 AND tomcat5-webapps is earlier than 0:5.5.23-0jpp.40.el5_9

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

Type	Description	Count
Application	Redhat Jboss Enterprise Web Server cpe:2.3:a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_web_server:2.0.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_web_server:1.0.2:::::::*	2
Os	Redhat Enterprise Linux cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5:::::::*	2

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date	Description
2014-06-26	Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates. File : redhat-RHSA-2013-0871.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2014-06-13	Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update. File : openSUSE-2013-632.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2014-06-13	Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update. File : openSUSE-2013-633.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2014-02-20	Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates. File : mandriva_MDVSA-2014-042.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-09-04	Name : The remote Amazon Linux AMI host is missing a security update. File : ala_ALAS-2013-196.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-08-23	Name : The remote SuSE 11 host is missing one or more security updates. File : suse_11_tomcat6-130802.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-07-12	Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates. File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2013-0869.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-07-12	Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates. File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2013-0870.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-05-30	Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates. File : centos_RHSA-2013-0869.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-05-30	Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates. File : centos_RHSA-2013-0870.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-05-30	Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates. File : redhat-RHSA-2013-0872.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-05-29	Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates. File : redhat-RHSA-2013-0869.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-05-29	Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates. File : redhat-RHSA-2013-0870.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-05-29	Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates. File : sl_20130528_tomcat5_on_SL5_x.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-05-29	Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates. File : sl_20130528_tomcat6_on_SL6_x.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Sources (Detail)

Source	Url
CONFIRM	https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=927622
REDHAT	http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0869.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0870.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0871.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0872.html
SUSE	http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-08/msg00013.html

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Date	Informations
2021-05-04 12:24:48	Multiple Updates
2021-04-22 01:29:43	Multiple Updates
2020-05-23 00:36:48	Multiple Updates
2019-04-22 21:19:08	Multiple Updates
2014-06-27 13:26:12	Multiple Updates
2014-06-14 13:35:14	Multiple Updates
2014-02-21 13:21:07	Multiple Updates
2014-02-17 11:18:44	Multiple Updates
2014-01-08 13:19:30	Multiple Updates
2013-08-22 17:19:56	Multiple Updates
2013-07-10 21:19:39	Multiple Updates
2013-07-10 00:27:09	First insertion

Global Informations

Type	Count
CWE ID(s)	1
Oval ID(s)	3
CPE ID(s)	4
Sources(s)	6
Nessus® Exploit(s)	15

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6.9 - CVE-2013-1976

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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

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