HTTP Request Smuggling Affecting tomcat6 package, versions <0:6.0.24-105.el6_8


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Mature
EPSS
0.37% (74th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS6-TOMCAT6-2137987
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed22 Nov 2016

Introduced: 22 Nov 2016

CVE-2016-6816  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-444  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:6 tomcat6 to version 0:6.0.24-105.el6_8 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream tomcat6 package and not the tomcat6 package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:6 relevant fixed versions and status.

The code in Apache Tomcat 9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.0.M11, 8.5.0 to 8.5.6, 8.0.0.RC1 to 8.0.38, 7.0.0 to 7.0.72, and 6.0.0 to 6.0.47 that parsed the HTTP request line permitted invalid characters. This could be exploited, in conjunction with a proxy that also permitted the invalid characters but with a different interpretation, to inject data into the HTTP response. By manipulating the HTTP response the attacker could poison a web-cache, perform an XSS attack and/or obtain sensitive information from requests other then their own.

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