CVE-2007-6286
Apache Tomcat 5.5.11 through 5.5.25 and 6.0.0 through 6.0.15, when the native APR connector is used, does not properly handle an empty request to the SSL port, which allows remote attackers to trigger handling of "a duplicate copy of one of the recent…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (5.37%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Apache Tomcat 5.5.11 through 5.5.25 and 6.0.0 through 6.0.15, when the native APR connector is used, does not properly handle an empty request to the SSL port, which allows remote attackers to trigger handling of "a duplicate copy of one of the recent requests," as demonstrated by using netcat to send the empty request.
- CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
- EPSS
- 5.37% probability · 92th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- apache/tomcat
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Oct/msg00001.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00002.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=139344343412337&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28878
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28915
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29711
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30676
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32222
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37460
- http://secunia.com/advisories/57126
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-10.xml
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3637
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3216
- http://tomcat.apache.org/security-5.html
- http://tomcat.apache.org/security-6.html
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:136
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487823/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507985/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31681
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0010.html
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0488
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1856/references
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2780
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3316
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/06cfb634bc7bf37af7d8f760f118018746ad8efbd519c4b789ac9c2e%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/8dcaf7c3894d66cb717646ea1504ea6e300021c85bb4e677dc16b1aa%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r584a714f141eff7b1c358d4679288177bd4ca4558e9999d15867d4b5%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00315.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00460.html
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.