Vulnerability identifier: #VU55423
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv3.1:
CVE-ID:
CWE-ID:
CWE-444
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 preform HTTP request smuggling attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to improper validation of HTTP requests, related to processing of transfer encoding headers. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP request to the server and smuggle arbitrary HTTP headers.
Successful exploitation of vulnerability may allow an attacker to poison HTTP cache and perform phishing attacks.
Mitigation
Install updates from vendor's website.
Vulnerable software versions
Apache Tomcat: 10.0.0 - 10.0.6, 9.0.0 - 9.0.46, 8.5.0 - 8.5.66
CPE
External links
http://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r612a79269b0d5e5780c62dfd34286a8037232fec0bc6f1a7e60c9381%40%3Cannounce.tomcat.apache.org%3E
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?