Resource Exhaustion Affecting tomcat-lib package, versions <1:9.0.87-1.el9_2.6


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.18% (40th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL9-TOMCATLIB-12133553
  • published21 Aug 2025
  • disclosed13 Aug 2025

Introduced: 13 Aug 2025

NewCVE-2025-48989  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-400  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:9 tomcat-lib to version 1:9.0.87-1.el9_2.6 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2025:14183.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream tomcat-lib package and not the tomcat-lib package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

Improper Resource Shutdown or Release vulnerability in Apache Tomcat made Tomcat vulnerable to the made you reset attack.

This issue affects Apache Tomcat: from 11.0.0-M1 through 11.0.9, from 10.1.0-M1 through 10.1.43 and from 9.0.0.M1 through 9.0.107. Older, EOL versions may also be affected.

Users are recommended to upgrade to one of versions 11.0.10, 10.1.44 or 9.0.108 which fix the issue.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1