Description
A vulnerability in Apache Tomcat allows an attacker to remotely trigger a denial of service. An error introduced as part of a change to improve error handling during non-blocking I/O meant that the error flag associated with the Request object was not reset between requests. This meant that once a non-blocking I/O error occurred, all future requests handled by that request object would fail. Users were able to trigger non-blocking I/O errors, e.g. by dropping a connection, thereby creating the possibility of triggering a DoS. Applications that do not use non-blocking I/O are not exposed to this vulnerability. This issue affects Apache Tomcat 10.0.3 to 10.0.4; 9.0.44; 8.5.64.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apache Software Foundation | Apache Tomcat | Apache Tomcat 10 10.0.3 to 10.0.4, Apache Tomcat 9 9.0.44, Apache Tomcat 8.5 8.5.64 | — |
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maven | org.apache.tomcat:tomcat | >= 10.0.3, < 10.0.5 | 10.0.5 | GHSA-44qp-qhfv-c7f6 |
| Maven | org.apache.tomcat:tomcat | >= 9.0.0, < 9.0.45 | 9.0.45 | GHSA-44qp-qhfv-c7f6 |
| Maven | org.apache.tomcat:tomcat | < 8.5.65 | 8.5.65 | GHSA-44qp-qhfv-c7f6 |
Advisories 2
- WID-SEC-2022-1116 Apache Tomcat: Mehrere Schwachstellen BSI CERT-Bund (WID) · Mar 26, 2026
- WID-SEC-2024-1238 HPE HP-UX: Mehrere Schwachstellen BSI CERT-Bund (WID) · May 27, 2024
References
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rd84fae1f474597bdf358f5bdc0a5c453c507bd527b83e8be6b5ea3f4%40%3Cannounce.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- [tomcat-users] 20210712 RE: [SECURITY] CVE-2021-30639 Apache Tomcat DoS mailing-list
- [tomcat-dev] 20210712 RE: [SECURITY] CVE-2021-30639 Apache Tomcat DoS mailing-list
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210827-0007/
- https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10366
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.html
- GLSA-202208-34 vendor-advisory