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

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

Published: June 21, 2022


Vulnerability identifier: #VU64542
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2013-4286
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

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.


Affected software

Apache Tomcat
OpenVMS CSWS_Java
FlashSystem 840 9840-AE1 & 9843-AE1
HP-UX Web Server Suite
IBM SAN Volume Controller
IBM Storwize V7000
IBM Storwize V5000
IBM Storwize V3700
IBM Storwize V3500

How to mitigate CVE-2013-4286

Install updates from vendor's website.

Apache Tomcat - addressed in versions 6.0.39, 7.0.47, 8.0.0 RC1
FlashSystem 840 9840-AE1 & 9843-AE1 - update to 1.1.2.2
HP-UX Web Server Suite - update to 3.30
IBM SAN Volume Controller - addressed in versions 7.2.0.8, 7.3.0.5
IBM Storwize V7000 - addressed in versions 7.2.0.8, 7.3.0.5
IBM Storwize V5000 - addressed in versions 7.2.0.8, 7.3.0.5
IBM Storwize V3700 - addressed in versions 7.2.0.8, 7.3.0.5
IBM Storwize V3500 - addressed in versions 7.2.0.8, 7.3.0.5

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