Denial of Service (DoS) Affecting org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core package, versions [,8.5.94)[9.0.0,9.0.81)[10.0.0,10.1.14)[11.0.0-M3,11.0.0-M12)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Mature
EPSS
83.78% (99th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JAVA-ORGAPACHETOMCATEMBED-5953331
  • published11 Oct 2023
  • disclosed10 Oct 2023
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 10 Oct 2023

CVE-2023-44487  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-400  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core to version 8.5.94, 9.0.81, 10.1.14, 11.0.0-M12 or higher.

Overview

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

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Denial of Service (DoS) in the implementation of the HTTP/2 protocol. An attacker can cause a denial of service (including via DDoS) by rapidly resetting many streams through request cancellation.

CVSS Scores

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