CVE-2014-0230
Apache Tomcat 6.x before 6.0.44, 7.x before 7.0.55, and 8.x before 8.0.9 does not properly handle cases where an HTTP response occurs before finishing the reading of an entire request body, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service…
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 20.2%, higher than 97% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
Apache Tomcat 6.x before 6.0.44, 7.x before 7.0.55, and 8.x before 8.0.9 does not properly handle cases where an HTTP response occurs before finishing the reading of an entire request body, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (thread consumption) via a series of aborted upload attempts.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.8 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
- EPSS
- 20.18% probability · 97th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-399
- Affected
- apache/tomcat · oracle/virtualization
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
EPSS 20.2% since 4 November 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/tomcat-announce/201505.mbox/%3C554949D1.8030904%40apache.org%3EVendor Advisory
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=144498216801440&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=145974991225029&w=2
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/10/1
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1621.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1622.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2661.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0595.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0596.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0597.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0598.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0599.html
- http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1603770
- http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1603775
- http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1603779
- http://tomcat.apache.org/security-6.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://tomcat.apache.org/security-7.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://tomcat.apache.org/security-8.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3447
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3530
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2018-4258247.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2015-2511968.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujul2015-2367936.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74475
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2654-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2655-1
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:2659
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:2660
- https://h20564.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c04851013
- https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05054964
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.