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Asymmetric denial of service In org.apache.tomcat:tomcat

Description

Apache Tomcat Denial of Service vulnerability Apache Tomcat before 6.0.39, 7.x before 7.0.50, and 8.x before 8.0.0-RC10 processes chunked transfer coding without properly handling (1) a large total amount of chunked data or (2) whitespace characters in an HTTP header value within a trailer field, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by streaming data. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2012-3544.

Mitigation

Update Impact

Minimal update. May introduce new vulnerabilities or breaking changes.

Ecosystem
Component
Affected version
Patched versions

Aliases

1. CVE-2013-43222. NVD-2013-43223. OSV-2013-43224. GCVE-2013-4322

References

1. https://github.com/apache/tomcat/commit/70dc3b279f7c99136c2c51bce8812508b4893c8b2. https://github.com/apache/tomcat/commit/72613a0e2f88af789c2acc7093c82ff02b95b6d13. https://github.com/apache/tomcat/commit/a91516b80deaf1d0c6e04a7931765fdac34c4ccd4. https://github.com/apache/tomcat/commit/b8cb9f5f91e9210ca107fd80f3e6acd47531daa75. https://github.com/apache/tomcat/commit/bed3a1a0d06a3c787183c6e90f326bbe17e49dd46. https://github.com/apache/tomcat/commit/d6a9898125f34e593de426e8c7dabb0f224fc00f7. https://web.archive.org/web/20150503090027/http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534161/100/0/threaded8. https://web.archive.org/web/20140315211337/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/657679. https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0686.html10. https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r587e50b86c1a96ee301f751d50294072d142fd6dc08a8987ae9f3a9b@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E11. https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r03c597a64de790ba42c167efacfa23300c3d6c9fe589ab87fe02859c@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E12. https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/b8a1bf18155b552dcf9a928ba808cbadad84c236d85eab3033662cfb@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E13. https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/b84ad1258a89de5c9c853c7f2d3ad77e5b8b2930be9e132d5cef6b95@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E14. https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/39ae1f0bd5867c15755a6f959b271ade1aea04ccdc3b2e639dcd903b@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E15. https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/37220405a377c0182d2afdbc36461c4783b2930fbeae3a17f1333113@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E16. https://h20564.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c0485101317. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=106990518. http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0148.html19. http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=144498216801440&w=220. http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Dec/2321. http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=152183422. http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=152186423. http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=154952224. http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=154952325. http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=155654026. http://tomcat.apache.org/security-6.html27. http://tomcat.apache.org/security-7.html28. http://tomcat.apache.org/security-8.html29. http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg2166788330. http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg2167588631. http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg2167714732. http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg2167811333. http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg2167823134. http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-353035. http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:05236. http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:08437. http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2016-2881722.html38. http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujul2014-1972956.html39. http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuoct2014-1972960.html40. http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2130-141. http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2014-0008.html42. http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2014-0012.html43. https://github.com/LiviuPtr/CVE-2013-4322_PoC

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