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Critical 1 exploited CVE DLA-2209-1 4 CVEs

tomcat8 - security update

Published May 11, 2020 · Updated Mar 9, 2026

Fixed packages 1

ReleasePackageFixed in
Debian · 8 tomcat8 8.0.14-1+deb8u17

Vulnerabilities 4

  • Critical 9.8
    CVE-2020-1938 Exploited Public exploit Scanner template EPSS 99%

    Improper Privilege Management in Tomcat

    When using the Apache JServ Protocol (AJP), care must be taken when trusting incoming connections to Apache Tomcat. Tomcat treats AJP connections as having higher trust than, for example, a similar HTTP connection. If such connections are available to an atta…

    KEV Mar 3, 2022
  • High 7.5
    CVE-2019-17563 EPSS 11%

    In Apache Tomcat, when using FORM authentication there was a narrow window where an attacker could perform a session fixation attack

    When using FORM authentication with Apache Tomcat 9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.29, 8.5.0 to 8.5.49 and 7.0.0 to 7.0.98 there was a narrow window where an attacker could perform a session fixation attack. The window was considered too narrow for an exploit to be practical …

  • High 7.0
    CVE-2020-9484 Public exploit Scanner template EPSS 56%

    Potential remote code execution in Apache Tomcat

    When using Apache Tomcat versions 10.0.0-M1 to 10.0.0-M4, 9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.34, 8.5.0 to 8.5.54 and 7.0.0 to 7.0.103 if a) an attacker is able to control the contents and name of a file on the server; and b) the server is configured to use the PersistenceManage…

  • Medium 4.8

    Potential HTTP request smuggling in Apache Tomcat

    In Apache Tomcat 9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.30, 8.5.0 to 8.5.50 and 7.0.0 to 7.0.99 the HTTP header parsing code used an approach to end-of-line parsing that allowed some invalid HTTP headers to be parsed as valid. This led to a possibility of HTTP Request Smuggling if …