Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in Apache Tomcat Affects Performance
CVE-2024-54677

5.3MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

Apache
Status
Apache Tomcat
Vendor
CVE Published:
17 December 2024

What is CVE-2024-54677?

The uncontrolled resource consumption vulnerability found in the examples web application of Apache Tomcat allows attackers to potentially exhaust server resources, leading to a denial of service. This affects multiple versions of Apache Tomcat, including those as recent as 11.0.1. To mitigate this issue, users are strongly encouraged to upgrade to the patched versions 11.0.2, 10.1.34, or 9.0.98 as soon as possible.

Affected Version(s)

Apache Tomcat 11.0.0-M1 <= 11.0.1

Apache Tomcat 10.1.0-M1 <= 10.1.33

Apache Tomcat 9.0.0.M1 <= 9.0.97

References

https://lists.apache.org/thread/tdtbbxpg5trdwc2wnopcth9cc...
vendor-advisory

CVSS V3.1

Score:
5.3
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
None
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

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CVE-2024-54677 : Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in Apache Tomcat Affects Performance