Improper Input Validation Affecting tomcat package, versions [,5.5.34)[6.0.0,6.0.33)[7.0.0,7.0.19)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (20th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-TOMCAT-2382363
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed14 Jul 2011
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 14 Jul 2011

CVE-2011-2526  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade tomcat to version 5.5.34, 6.0.33, 7.0.19 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Input Validation. Apache Tomcat 5.5.x before 5.5.34, 6.x before 6.0.33, and 7.x before 7.0.19, when sendfile is enabled for the HTTP APR or HTTP NIO connector, does not validate certain request attributes, which allows local users to bypass intended file access restrictions or cause a denial of service (infinite loop or JVM crash) by leveraging an untrusted web application.

CVSS Scores

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