Vulnerability Name:

CCN-95786

Published:2014-09-05
Updated:2014-09-05
Summary:Apache Tomcat is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by the improper handling of cookies. By sending a specially-crafted HTTP request containing a cookie with value out of 0x80 - 0xff scope, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause an internal server error and a denial of service.
CVSS v3 Severity:5.3 Medium (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): Low
CVSS v2 Severity:5.0 Medium (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
4.0 Medium (CCN Temporal CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P/E:U/RL:U/RC:UR)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Athentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): Partial
Vulnerability Consequences:Denial of Service
References:Source: CCN
Type: BugTraq Mailing List, Fri Sep 05 2014 - 07:22:14 CDT
apache tomcat cookie handling problem - characters out of 0x80 - 0xff causing internal server error

Source: CCN
Type: Apache Web Site
Apache Tomcat

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
apache-tomcat-cookie-dos(95786)

Vulnerable Configuration:Configuration CCN 1:
  • cpe:/a:apache:tomcat:7.0.40:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:apache:tomcat:7.0.39:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:apache:tomcat:7.0.26:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • * Denotes that component is vulnerable
    BACK
    apache tomcat 7.0.40
    apache tomcat 7.0.39
    apache tomcat 7.0.26