CVE-2014-0186 Affecting tomcat-webapps package, versions <0:7.0.42-5.el7_0


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.01% (85th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-TOMCATWEBAPPS-4476051
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed10 Jun 2014

Introduced: 10 Jun 2014

CVE-2014-0186  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 tomcat-webapps 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-webapps package and not the tomcat-webapps package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

A certain tomcat7 package for Apache Tomcat 7 in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a crafted request. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an unspecified regression.

CVSS Scores

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