Improper Input Validation Affecting tomcat-el-2.2-api package, versions <0:7.0.42-5.el7_0


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
88.3% (99th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-TOMCATEL22API-4957023
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed25 Feb 2014

Introduced: 25 Feb 2014

CVE-2013-4322  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 tomcat-el-2.2-api to version 0:7.0.42-5.el7_0 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2014:0686.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream tomcat-el-2.2-api package and not the tomcat-el-2.2-api package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

Apache Tomcat before 6.0.39, 7.x before 7.0.50, and 8.x before 8.0.0-RC10 processes chunked transfer coding without properly handling (1) a large total amount of chunked data or (2) whitespace characters in an HTTP header value within a trailer field, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by streaming data. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2012-3544.

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