{"id":"CVE-2017-15698","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2017-15698","generatedAt":"2026-10-29T03:44:40.808Z","title":"Users not using OCSP checks are not affected by this vulnerability.","description":"When parsing the AIA-Extension field of a client certificate, Apache Tomcat Native Connector 1.2.0 to 1.2.14 and 1.1.23 to 1.1.34 did not correctly handle fields longer than 127 bytes. The result of the parsing error was to skip the OCSP check. It was therefore possible for client certificates that should have been rejected (if the OCSP check had been made) to be accepted. Users not using OCSP checks are not affected by this vulnerability.","published":"2018-01-31T14:29:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:08:07.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"security@apache.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":5.9,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-295"],"affected":["apache/tomcat native","debian/debian linux"],"epss":{"score":0.03527,"percentile":0.89202,"date":"2026-10-28","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (3.53%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040390","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"security@apache.org"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0465","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"security@apache.org"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0466","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"security@apache.org"},{"url":"https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/6eb0a53e5827d97db1a05c736d01101fec21202a5b8fc77bb0eaaed8%40%3Cannounce.tomcat.apache.org%3E","source":"security@apache.org"},{"url":"https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ba661b0edd913b39ff129a32d855620dd861883ade05fd88a8ce517d%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E","source":"security@apache.org"},{"url":"https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/f8e0814e11c7f21f42224b6de111cb3f5e5ab5c15b78924c516d4ec2%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E","source":"security@apache.org"},{"url":"https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/re3b72cbb13e1dfe85c4a06959a3b6ca6d939b407ecca80db12b54220%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E","source":"security@apache.org"},{"url":"https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf8e8c091182b45daa50d3557cad9b10bb4198e3f08cf8f1c66a1b08d%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E","source":"security@apache.org"},{"url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/02/msg00011.html","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"security@apache.org"},{"url":"https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4118","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"security@apache.org"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040390","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0465","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0466","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/6eb0a53e5827d97db1a05c736d01101fec21202a5b8fc77bb0eaaed8%40%3Cannounce.tomcat.apache.org%3E","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ba661b0edd913b39ff129a32d855620dd861883ade05fd88a8ce517d%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/f8e0814e11c7f21f42224b6de111cb3f5e5ab5c15b78924c516d4ec2%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/re3b72cbb13e1dfe85c4a06959a3b6ca6d939b407ecca80db12b54220%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf8e8c091182b45daa50d3557cad9b10bb4198e3f08cf8f1c66a1b08d%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/02/msg00011.html","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4118","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-15698","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}