Resource management error in Apache Tomcat - CVE-2019-10072
Published: September 10, 2019 / Updated: January 20, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU20992
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-10072
CWE-ID: CWE-399
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Apache Foundation
Affected software:
Apache Tomcat
Apache Tomcat
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to incomplete fix for SB2019020812 when processing HTTP/2 requests. A remote attacker can perform denial of service attack by not sending WINDOW_UPDATE messages for the connection window (stream 0).
How to mitigate CVE-2019-10072
Install updates from vendor's website.