Information Exposure Affecting org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core package, versions [7.0.0,7.0.73)[8,8.0.39)[8.5.0,8.5.8)[9-alpha,9.0.0.M13)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Mature
EPSS
0.37% (74th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JAVA-ORGAPACHETOMCATEMBED-451526
  • published23 Nov 2016
  • disclosed23 Nov 2016
  • creditRegis Leroy

Introduced: 23 Nov 2016

CVE-2016-6816  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core to version 7.0.73, 8.0.39, 8.5.8, 9.0.0.M13 or higher.

Overview

org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core is a Core Tomcat implementation.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Information Exposure. The code 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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