Detections
Analytics
Apache Tomcat 7.0.x < 7.0.55 / 8.0.x < 8.0.9 Multiple Vulnerabilities
medium Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 8831
Synopsis
The remote Apache Tomcat server is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.Description
Apache Tomcat 7.0.x before 7.0.55 or 8.0.x before 8.0.9 is affected by multiple vulnerabilities:- A flaw in handling attempts to continue reading data after an error has occurred, which allows remote attackers to conduct HTTP request smuggling attacks or cause a denial of service by streaming data with malformed chunked transfer coding. (CVE-2014-0227)
- A flaw in handling an aborted file upload after it has partially been completed may allow a remote attacker to exhaust available memory resources. (CVE-2014-0230)
Solution
Upgrade to Apache Tomcat version 7.0.55 or 8.0.9 or later.See Also
https://tomcat.apache.org/security-7.html#Fixed_in_Apache_Tomcat_7.0.55
https://tomcat.apache.org/security-8.html#Fixed_in_Apache_Tomcat_8.0.9
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 8831
Family: Web Servers
Published: 7/24/2015
Updated: 5/20/2019
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Low
Score: 3.6
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.4
Temporal Score: 4.7
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.5
Temporal Score: 5.7
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/a:apache:tomcat
Patch Publication Date: 11/22/2014
Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/15/2015
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2014-0227, CVE-2014-0230