Homepage

Improper Certificate Validation Affecting tomcat-native package, versions <1.2.16-1

Severity

 Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Snyk's Security Team recommends NVD's CVSS assessment. Learn more

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
3.53% (89th percentile)

Do your applications use this vulnerable package?

In a few clicks we can analyze your entire application and see what components are vulnerable in your application, and suggest you quick fixes.

Test your applications
  • Snyk IDSNYK-ECHOLATEST-TOMCATNATIVE-20079359
  • published24 Sept 2026
  • disclosed31 Jan 2018
Report a new vulnerability Found a mistake?

Introduced: 31 Jan 2018

CVE-2017-15698  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-295  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Echo:latest tomcat-native to version 1.2.16-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream tomcat-native package and not the tomcat-native package as distributed by Echo. See How to fix? for Echo:latest relevant fixed versions and status.

When parsing the AIA-Extension field of a client certificate, Apache Tomcat Native Connector 1.2.0 to 1.2.14 and 1.1.23 to 1.1.34 did not correctly handle fields longer than 127 bytes. The result of the parsing error was to skip the OCSP check. It was therefore possible for client certificates that should have been rejected (if the OCSP check had been made) to be accepted. Users not using OCSP checks are not affected by this vulnerability.

References