#VU64542 Input validation error in Apache Tomcat - CVE-2013-4286

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#VU64542 Input validation error in Apache Tomcat - CVE-2013-4286

Published: June 21, 2022


Vulnerability identifier: #VU64542
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2013-4286
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Apache Tomcat
Software vendor:
Apache Foundation

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a request-smuggling attack.

The vulnerability exists due to HTTP connector or AJP connector is used, does not properly handle certain inconsistent HTTP request headers. A remote attacker can trigger incorrect identification of a request's length and conduct request-smuggling attacks via multiple Content-Length headers or a Content-Length header and a "Transfer-Encoding: chunked" header.

This vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2005-2090.


Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.

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