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Improper Input Validation in Apache Tomcat

Moderate severity GitHub Reviewed Published May 14, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Apr 16, 2024

Package

maven org.apache.tomcat:tomcat (Maven)

Affected versions

>= 6.0.0, < 6.0.42
>= 7.0.0, < 7.0.55
>= 8.0.0, < 8.0.9

Patched versions

6.0.42
7.0.55
8.0.9

Description

java/org/apache/coyote/http11/filters/ChunkedInputFilter.java in Apache Tomcat 6.x before 6.0.42, 7.x before 7.0.55, and 8.x before 8.0.9 does not properly handle 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 (resource consumption) by streaming data with malformed chunked transfer coding.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Feb 16, 2015
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 14, 2022
Reviewed Jul 7, 2022
Last updated Apr 16, 2024

Severity

Moderate

EPSS score

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

This score estimates the probability of this vulnerability being exploited within the next 30 days. Data provided by FIRST.
(99th percentile)

Weaknesses

Improper Input Validation

The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly. Learn more on MITRE.

CVE ID

CVE-2014-0227

GHSA ID

GHSA-42j3-498q-m6vp

Source code

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