Incomplete Cleanup Vulnerability in Apache Tomcat Could Lead to Denial of Service
CVE-2024-23672

6.3MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor
Apache
Status
Apache Tomcat
Vendor
CVE Published:
13 March 2024

Summary

Denial of Service via incomplete cleanup vulnerability in Apache Tomcat. It was possible for WebSocket clients to keep WebSocket connections open leading to increased resource consumption.This issue affects Apache Tomcat: from 11.0.0-M1 through 11.0.0-M16, from 10.1.0-M1 through 10.1.18, from 9.0.0-M1 through 9.0.85, from 8.5.0 through 8.5.98.

Users are recommended to upgrade to version 11.0.0-M17, 10.1.19, 9.0.86 or 8.5.99 which fix the issue.

Affected Version(s)

Apache Tomcat 11.0.0-M1 <= 11.0.0-M16

Apache Tomcat 10.1.0-M1 <= 10.1.18

Apache Tomcat 9.0.0-M1 <= 9.0.85

References

https://lists.apache.org/thread/cmpswfx6tj4s7x0nxxosvfqs1...
vendor-advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240402-0002/
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/04/msg0...

CVSS V3.1

Score:
6.3
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
Low
Integrity:
Low
Availability:
Low
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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