Information Exposure Affecting tomcat8 package, versions <8.5.39-1ubuntu1~18.04.3+esm5


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Proof of Concept
EPSS
62.94% (99th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1804-TOMCAT8-6183999
  • published14 Jun 2025
  • disclosed19 Jan 2024

Introduced: 19 Jan 2024

CVE-2024-21733  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-209  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:18.04 tomcat8 to version 8.5.39-1ubuntu1~18.04.3+esm5 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream tomcat8 package and not the tomcat8 package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:18.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

Generation of Error Message Containing Sensitive Information vulnerability in Apache Tomcat.This issue affects Apache Tomcat: from 8.5.7 through 8.5.63, from 9.0.0-M11 through 9.0.43.

Users are recommended to upgrade to version 8.5.64 onwards or 9.0.44 onwards, which contain a fix for the issue.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1