Summary
David Jorm discovered that Tomcat incorrectly handled certain requests
submitted using chunked transfer encoding. A remote attacker could use this
flaw to cause the Tomcat server to consume resources, resulting in a denial
of service. (CVE-2014-0075)
It was discovered that Tomcat did not properly restrict XSLT stylesheets.
An attacker could use this issue with a crafted web application to bypass
security-manager restrictions and read arbitrary files. (CVE-2014-0096)
It was discovered that Tomcat incorrectly handled certain Content-Length
headers. A remote attacker could use this flaw in configurations where
Tomcat is behind a reverse proxy to perform HTTP request smuggling attacks.
(CVE-2014-0099)
Fixed packages 1
| Release | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu · 14.04 LTS 14.04:LTS | tomcat7 | 7.0.52-1ubuntu0.1 |
Vulnerabilities 3
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Medium —
Integer Overflow or Wraparound in Apache Tomcat
Integer overflow in the parseChunkHeader function in java/org/apache/coyote/http11/filters/ChunkedInputFilter.java in Apache Tomcat before 6.0.40, 7.x before 7.0.53, and 8.x before 8.0.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumpti…
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Medium —
Improper Input Validation in Apache Tomcat
java/org/apache/catalina/servlets/DefaultServlet.java in the default servlet in Apache Tomcat before 6.0.40, 7.x before 7.0.53, and 8.x before 8.0.4 does not properly restrict XSLT stylesheets, which allows remote attackers to bypass security-manager restrict…
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Medium —
Improper Neutralization of CRLF Sequences in HTTP Headers in Apache Tomcat
Integer overflow in java/org/apache/tomcat/util/buf/Ascii.java in Apache Tomcat before 6.0.40, 7.x before 7.0.53, and 8.x before 8.0.4, when operated behind a reverse proxy, allows remote attackers to conduct HTTP request smuggling attacks via a crafted Conte…