HTTP Request Smuggling Affecting org.apache.tomcat:tomcat package, versions [10.0.0-M1,10.0.7) [9.0.0.M1,9.0.48) [8.5.0,8.5.68)


0.0
medium

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 12.32% (96th percentile)
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NVD
5.3 medium
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SUSE
4.3 medium
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Red Hat
4.3 medium

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-JAVA-ORGAPACHETOMCAT-1316669
  • published 13 Jul 2021
  • disclosed 13 Jul 2021
  • credit Bahruz Jabiyev of NEU SecLab, Steven Sprecher of NEU SecLab, Kaan Onarlioglu of NEU SecLab

How to fix?

Upgrade org.apache.tomcat:tomcat to version 10.0.7, 9.0.48, 8.5.68 or higher.

Overview

org.apache.tomcat:tomcat is an implementation of the Java Servlet, JavaServer Pages, Java Expression Language and Java WebSocket technologies.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to HTTP Request Smuggling. Tomcat does not correctly parse the HTTP transfer-encoding request header in some circumstances, leading to the possibility of request smuggling when used with a reverse proxy.

Specifically, Tomcat incorrectly ignores the transfer encoding header if the client declared it would only accept an HTTP/1.0 response; it honours the identify encoding; and it does not ensure that, if present, the chunked encoding was the final encoding.