NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting tomcat8-lib package, versions <0:8.5.57-1.85.amzn1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
92.57% (100th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN201803-TOMCAT8LIB-1723235
  • published27 Sept 2021
  • disclosed14 Jul 2020

Introduced: 14 Jul 2020

CVE-2020-13934  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-401  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2018.03 tomcat8-lib to version 0:8.5.57-1.85.amzn1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS-2020-1409.

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.

An h2c direct connection to Apache Tomcat 10.0.0-M1 to 10.0.0-M6, 9.0.0.M5 to 9.0.36 and 8.5.1 to 8.5.56 did not release the HTTP/1.1 processor after the upgrade to HTTP/2. If a sufficient number of such requests were made, an OutOfMemoryException could occur leading to a denial of service.

CVSS Scores

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