Numeric Errors Affecting tomcat8-lib package, versions <0:8.0.20-1.53.amzn1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
6.39% (94th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN201803-TOMCAT8LIB-1685276
  • published27 Sept 2021
  • disclosed31 May 2014

Introduced: 31 May 2014

CVE-2014-0075  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-189  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2018.03 tomcat8-lib to version 0:8.0.20-1.53.amzn1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS-2015-527.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream tomcat8-lib package and not the tomcat8-lib package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2018.03 relevant fixed versions and status.

Integer overflow in the parseChunkHeader function in java/org/apache/coyote/http11/filters/ChunkedInputFilter.java in Apache Tomcat before 6.0.40, 7.x before 7.0.53, and 8.x before 8.0.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) via a malformed chunk size in chunked transfer coding of a request during the streaming of data.

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