A deserialization flaw was discovered in Apache Tomcat's use of a FileStore. An attacker can exploit the flaw if all of the following are true: An attacker is able to control the contents and name of a file on the server. The server is configured to use the PersistenceManager with a FileStore. The PersistenceManager is configured with sessionAttributeValueClassNameFilter="null" (the default unless a SecurityManager is used) or a sufficiently lax filter to allow the attacker-provided object to be deserialized. The attacker knows the relative file path from the storage location used by FileStore to the file the attacker has control over. If all these conditions are true, the attacker can use a specifically crafted request to trigger Remote Code Execution through deserialization of the file under their control.
This flaw affects the following Tomcat versions: 10.0.0-M1 to 10.0.0-M4, 9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.34, 8.5.0 to 8.5.54, and 7.0.0 to 7.0.103.
Upstream commits:
Tomcat 10.0: https://github.com/apache/tomcat/commit/bb33048e3f9b4f2b70e4da2e6c4e34ca89023b1b Tomcat 9.0: https://github.com/apache/tomcat/commit/3aa8f28db7efb311cdd1b6fe15a9cd3b167a2222 Tomcat 8.5: https://github.com/apache/tomcat/commit/ec08af18d0f9ddca3f2d800ef66fe7fd20afef2f Tomcat 7.0: https://github.com/apache/tomcat/commit/53e30390943c18fca0c9e57dbcc14f1c623cfd06
A flaw was found in Apache Tomcat, where the payload length in a WebSocket frame was not correctly validated. Invalid payload lengths could trigger an infinite loop. Multiple requests with invalid payload lengths could lead to a denial of service. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.
A flaw was found in Apache Tomcat. When serving resources from a network location using the NTFS file system, it was possible to bypass security constraints and view the source code for JSPs in some configurations. The root cause was the unexpected behavior of the JRE API File.getCanonicalPath(), which was caused by the inconsistent behavior of the Windows API (FindFirstFileW) in some circumstances. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality.
Last updated 2 August 2024
A flaw was found in Apache Tomcat. When responding to new h2c connection requests, Apache Tomcat could duplicate request headers and a limited amount of request body from one request to another meaning user A and user B could both see the results of user A's request. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality.
A flaw was found in Apache Tomcat, where an h2c direct connection did not release the HTTP/1.1 processor after the upgrade to HTTP/2. If a sufficient number of such requests are made, an OutOfMemoryException could occur, leading to a denial of service. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.
The CORS Filter did not add an HTTP Vary header indicating that the response varies depending on Origin. This permitted client and server side cache poisoning in some circumstances.
Affected versions: 7.0.41 to 7.0.78, 8.0.0.RC1 to 8.0.44, 8.5.0 to 8.5.15
Upstream patches:
Tomcat 7: https://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1795816 Tomcat 8.0.x: https://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1795815 Tomcat 8.5.x: https://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1795814
External References:
https://tomcat.apache.org/security-7.html https://tomcat.apache.org/security-8.html
Apache Tomcat is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by HTTP/2 connection window exhaustion on write. By failing to send WINDOWUPDATE messages, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to block threads on the server and cause a denial of service.
A flaw was discovered in Apache Tomcat, where a Java Runtime Environment can pass a command-line argument in the Windows operating system. The execution of arbitrary commands via Tomcat’s Common Gateway Interface (CGI) Servlet, allows an attacker to perform remote code execution.
Flaw affecting tomcat 9.0.0.M9 to 9.0.9 and 8.5.5 to 8.5.31. A bug in the tracking of connection closures can lead to reuse of user sessions in a new connection.
Upstream patch:
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=rev&rev=1833906 http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=rev&rev=1833907
References:
https://tomcat.apache.org/security-8.html https://tomcat.apache.org/security-9.html
Flaw affecting tomcat 8.0.0.RC1 to 8.0.52 and 9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.9 . The host name verification when using TLS with the WebSocket client was not enabled by default.
Upstream patch:
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1833757 http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=rev&rev=1833759
References:
https://tomcat.apache.org/security-8.html https://tomcat.apache.org/security-9.html
HTTP/2 (including DNS over HTTPS) contains a design flaw and is vulnerable to "MadeYouReset" DoS attack through HTTP/2 control frames Vulnerabilities.
An improper handing of overflow in the UTF-8 decoder with supplementary characters can lead to an infinite loop in the decoder causing a Denial of Service. Versions Affected: Apache Tomcat 9.0.0.M9 to 9.0.7, 8.5.0 to 8.5.30, 8.0.0.RC1 to 8.0.51, and 7.0.28 to 7.0.86.
A flaw was found in Apache tomcat. When the default servlet returned a redirect to a directory (e.g. redirecting to /foo/ when the user requested /foo) a specially crafted URL could be used to cause the redirect to be generated to any URI of the attackers choice.
References:
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/23134c9b5a23892a205dc140cdd8c9c0add233600f76b313dda6bd75@%3Cannounce.tomcat.apache.org%3E
Apache Tomcat could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by the leaking of unrelated request bodies in default error page. By sending a specially crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain sensitive information, and use this information to launch further attacks against the affected system.
Incomplete Cleanup vulnerability in Apache Tomcat.
When recycling various internal objects in Apache Tomcat from 11.0.0-M1 through 11.0.0-M11, from 10.1.0-M1 through 10.1.13, from 9.0.0-M1 through 9.0.80 and from 8.5.0 through 8.5.93, 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.
Users are recommended to upgrade to version 11.0.0-M12 onwards, 10.1.14 onwards, 9.0.81 onwards or 8.5.94 onwards, which fixes the issue.
Improper Input Validation vulnerability in Apache Tomcat.
Tomcat from 11.0.0-M1 through 11.0.0-M11, from 10.1.0-M1 through 10.1.13, from 9.0.0-M1 through 9.0.81 and from 8.5.0 through 8.5.93 did not correctly parse HTTP trailer headers. 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.
Users are recommended to upgrade to version 11.0.0-M12 onwards, 10.1.14 onwards, 9.0.81 onwards or 8.5.94 onwards, which fix the issue.
Session Fixation vulnerability in Apache Tomcat via rewrite valve.
This issue affects Apache Tomcat: from 11.0.0-M1 through 11.0.7, from 10.1.0-M1 through 10.1.41, from 9.0.0.M1 through 9.0.105. Older, EOL versions may also be affected.
Users are recommended to upgrade to version 11.0.8, 10.1.42 or 9.0.106, which fix the issue.
Relative Path Traversal vulnerability in Apache Tomcat.
The fix for bug 60013 introduced a regression where the rewritten URL was normalized before it was decoded. This introduced the possibility that, for rewrite rules that rewrite query parameters to the URL, an attacker could manipulate the request URI to bypass security constraints including the protection for /WEB-INF/ and /META-INF/. If PUT requests were also enabled then malicious files could be uploaded leading to remote code execution. PUT requests are normally limited to trusted users and it is considered unlikely that PUT requests would be enabled in conjunction with a rewrite that manipulated the URI.
This issue affects Apache Tomcat: from 11.0.0-M1 through 11.0.10, from 10.1.0-M1 through 10.1.44, from 9.0.0.M11 through 9.0.108.
The following versions were EOL at the time the CVE was created but are known to be affected: 8.5.6 though 8.5.100. Other, older, EOL versions may also be affected. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 11.0.11 or later, 10.1.45 or later or 9.0.109 or later, which fix the issue.
Improper Input Validation vulnerability.
This issue affects Apache Tomcat: from 11.0.0-M1 through 11.0.14, from 10.1.0-M1 through 10.1.49, from 9.0.0-M1 through 9.0.112.
The following versions were EOL at the time the CVE was created but are known to be affected: 8.5.0 through 8.5.100. Older EOL versions are not affected. Tomcat did not validate that the host name provided via the SNI extension was the same as the host name provided in the HTTP host header field. If Tomcat was configured with more than one virtual host and the TLS configuration for one of those hosts did not require client certificate authentication but another one did, it was possible for a client to bypass the client certificate authentication by sending different host names in the SNI extension and the HTTP host header field.
The vulnerability only applies if client certificate authentication is only enforced at the Connector. It does not apply if client certificate authentication is enforced at the web application.
Users are recommended to upgrade to version 11.0.15 or later, 10.1.50 or later or 9.0.113 or later, which fix the issue.
Improper Input Validation vulnerability in Apache Tomcat.
Tomcat did not limit HTTP/0.9 requests to the GET method. If a security constraint was configured to allow HEAD requests to a URI but deny GET requests, the user could bypass that constraint on GET requests by sending a (specification invalid) HEAD request using HTTP/0.9.
This issue affects Apache Tomcat: from 11.0.0-M1 through 11.0.14, from 10.1.0-M1 through 10.1.49, from 9.0.0.M1 through 9.0.112.
Older, EOL versions are also affected.
Users are recommended to upgrade to version 11.0.15 or later, 10.1.50 or later or 9.0.113 or later, which fixes the issue.
A flaw was found in Apache Tomcat. The HTTP header parsing code used an approach to end-of-line (EOL) parsing that allowed some invalid HTTP headers to be parsed as valid. This led to the possibility of HTTP Request Smuggling if Tomcat was located behind a reverse proxy that incorrectly handled the invalid Transfer-Encoding header in a particular manner. The highest threat with this vulnerability is system availability.
A specially crafted sequence of HTTP/2 requests could trigger high CPU usage for several seconds. If a sufficient number of such requests were made on concurrent HTTP/2 connections, the server could become unresponsive.
Reference: https://tomcat.apache.org/security-8.html
Apache Tomcat versions 7.0.0 to 7.0.84, 8.0.0.RC1 to 8.0.49 and 8.5.0 to 8.5.27 does not properly handle the URL empty string ("") when used as part of a security constraint definition. This can lead to the security constraint being ignored, leading to unitended exposure of resources.
External References:
https://tomcat.apache.org/security-7.html#FixedinApacheTomcat7.0.85 https://tomcat.apache.org/security-8.html#FixedinApacheTomcat8.0.50 https://tomcat.apache.org/security-8.html#FixedinApacheTomcat8.5.28
Upstream Bug Report:
https://bz.apache.org/bugzilla/showbug.cgi?id=62067
Upstream Fixes:
Tomcat 7.0.x:
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=rev&rev=1823309
Tomcat 8.0.x:
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=rev&rev=1814827
Tomcat 8.5.x:
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=rev&rev=1823307
Apache Tomcat versions 7.0.0 to 7.0.84, 8.0.0.RC1 to 8.0.49 and 8.5.0 to 8.5.27 only apply security constraints defined by Servlets once those Servlets are loaded. Depending on the order that Servlets load, some security constraints may not be applied leading to unintended resource exposure.
External References:
https://tomcat.apache.org/security-7.html#FixedinApacheTomcat7.0.85 https://tomcat.apache.org/security-8.html#FixedinApacheTomcat8.0.50 https://tomcat.apache.org/security-8.html#FixedinApacheTomcat8.5.28
Upstream Fixes:
Tomcat 7.0.x:
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=rev&rev=1823322 http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=rev&rev=1824360
Tomcat 8.0.x:
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=rev&rev=1823319 http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=rev&rev=1824359
Tomcat 8.5.x:
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=rev&rev=1823314 http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=rev&rev=1824358
Apache Tomcat could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by an issue when the HTTP request header value can be reused from the previous stream received on an HTTP/2 connection. By sending a specially-crafted HTTP request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain sensitive information, and use this information to launch further attacks against the affected system.
A flaw was found in Apache Tomcat. If an HTTP/2 client exceeded the agreed maximum number of concurrent streams for a connection (in violation of the HTTP/2 protocol), it is possible that a subsequent request made on that connection could contain HTTP headers - including HTTP/2 pseudo headers - from a previous request rather than the intended headers. This could lead to users seeing responses for unexpected resources. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality.
Apache Tomcat is vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input by the SSI printenv command. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute script in a victim's Web browser within the security context of the hosting Web site, once the URL is clicked. An attacker could use this vulnerability to steal the victim's cookie-based authentication credentials.
A flaw was found in Apache Tomcat, where the HTTP/2 implementation accepted streams with excessive numbers of SETTINGS frames and also permitted clients to keep streams open, which enables them to cause server-side threads to block. This flaw eventually leads to a denial of service attack.
A flaw was found in the RMI registry implementation in the RMI component of OpenJDK. Incorrect handling of the server-side dispatch could lead to selection of an incorrect skeleton class.