Incomplete Cleanup Affecting org.apache.tomcat:tomcat package, versions [8.5.0,8.5.94) [9.0.0-M1,9.0.81) [10.1.0-M1,10.1.14) [11.0.0-M1,11.0.0-M12)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

CVSS assessment made by Snyk's Security Team

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    1.66% (89th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-JAVA-ORGAPACHETOMCAT-5958905
  • published 11 Oct 2023
  • disclosed 10 Oct 2023
  • credit Tomcat security team

How to fix?

Upgrade org.apache.tomcat:tomcat to version 8.5.94, 9.0.81, 10.1.14, 11.0.0-M12 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 Incomplete Cleanup when recycling various internal objects. An error could cause some parts of the recycling process to be skipped, leading to information leaking from the current request/response to the next. An attacker can gain unauthorised access to sensitive information by exploiting this error.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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Snyk

Recommended
5.3 medium
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    Low
  • Integrity (I)
    None
  • Availability (A)
    None
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NVD

5.3 medium
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Red Hat

5.3 medium
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SUSE

7.5 high