Vulnerability identifier: #VU48779

Vulnerability risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 4.6 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2020-17527

CWE-ID: CWE-399

Exploitation vector: Network

Exploit availability: No

Vulnerable software:
Apache Tomcat
Server applications / Web servers

Vendor: Apache Foundation

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to improper management of internal resources within the application when processing HTTP/2 requests in Apache Tomcat. The web server can re-use an HTTP request header value from the previous stream received on an HTTP/2 connection for the request associated with the subsequent stream. As a result a remote attacker can obtain sensitive information from another HTTP request.

Mitigation
Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Apache Tomcat: 10.0.0-M1 - 10.0.0.0-M1, 9.0.0 - 9.0.39, 8.5.0 - 8.5.59, 8.0.0 - 8.0.53

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External links
http://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r8a227ac6a755a6406c1cc47dd48800e973d4cf13fe7fe68ac59c679c@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
http://lists.apache.org/thread.html/raa0e9ad388c1e6fd1e301b5e080f9439f64cb4178119a86a4801cc53@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
http://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rce5ac9a40173651d540babce59f6f3825f12c6d4e886ba00823b11e5%40%3Cannounce.tomcat.apache.org%3E
http://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rce5ac9a40173651d540babce59f6f3825f12c6d4e886ba00823b11e5@%3Cannounce.apache.org%3E
http://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rce5ac9a40173651d540babce59f6f3825f12c6d4e886ba00823b11e5@%3Cannounce.tomcat.apache.org%3E
http://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rd5babd13d7a350b369b2f647b4dd32ce678af42f9aba5389df1ae6ca@%3Cusers.tomcat.apache.org%3E

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Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.