Apache Tomcat 5.5.0 through 5.5.29, 6.0.0 through 6.0.27, and 7.0.0 beta does not properly handle an invalid Transfer-Encoding header,…

Description

Apache Tomcat 5.5.0 through 5.5.29, 6.0.0 through 6.0.27, and 7.0.0 beta does not properly handle an invalid Transfer-Encoding header, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application outage) or obtain sensitive information via a crafted header that interferes with "recycling of a buffer."

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

54.8% · top 1.0% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.4.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-119 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-119 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

Affected packages

From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.

• Mavenorg.apache.tomcat:tomcatGHSA-cxg2-49rq-8gcr (opens in a new tab)

References (48)

• http://www.novell.com/support/viewContent.do?externalId=7007274 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 20100709 [SECURITY] CVE-2010-2227: Apache Tomcat Remote Denial Of Service and Information Disclosure Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• 42079 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• DSA-2207 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• HPSBUX02860 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
• http://www.novell.com/support/viewContent.do?externalId=7007275 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• MDVSA-2010:177 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• ADV-2010-3056 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• 43310 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• RHSA-2010:0581 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• 41544 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• http://tomcat.apache.org/security-7.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• FEDORA-2010-16270 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• ADV-2010-1986 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=959428 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 44183 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• RHSA-2010:0580 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• 41025 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• FEDORA-2010-16248 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• http://geronimo.apache.org/22x-security-report.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 40813 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• APPLE-SA-2011-10-12-3 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
• MDVSA-2010:176 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• 42368 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• http://tomcat.apache.org/security-6.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 57126 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• http://www.vmware.com/support/vsphere4/doc/vsp_vc41_u1_rel_notes.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:18532 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• 1024180 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
• SUSE-SR:2010:017 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=958911 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• http://tomcat.apache.org/security-5.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0003.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• HPSBUX02579 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
• tomcat-transferencoding-dos(60264) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
• http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5002 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• RHSA-2010:0582 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• ADV-2010-2868 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• http://geronimo.apache.org/21x-security-report.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 42454 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 20110211 VMSA-2011-0003 Third party component updates for VMware vCenter Server, vCenter Update Manager, ESXi and ESX (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• HPSBST02955 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
• http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=958977 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• RHSA-2010:0583 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• [tomcat-dev] 20190319 svn commit: r1855831 [22/30] - in /tomcat/site/trunk: ./ docs/ xdocs/ (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• [tomcat-dev] 20190325 svn commit: r1856174 [20/29] - in /tomcat/site/trunk: docs/ xdocs/ xdocs/stylesheets/ (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• [tomcat-dev] 20200203 svn commit: r1873527 [22/30] - /tomcat/site/trunk/docs/ (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• [tomcat-dev] 20200213 svn commit: r1873980 [25/34] - /tomcat/site/trunk/docs/ (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisory GHSA-cxg2-49rq-8gcr (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

Badge for a README or a ticket

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Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 02:25 UTC.