🛡️ CVE-2013-4286 — tomcat
Description
Apache Tomcat is vulnerable to HTTP request-smuggling
Apache Tomcat before 6.0.39, 7.x before 7.0.47, and 8.x before 8.0.0-RC3, when an HTTP connector or AJP connector is used, does not properly handle certain inconsistent HTTP request headers, which allows remote attackers to trigger incorrect identification of a request's length and conduct request-smuggling attacks via (1) multiple Content-Length headers or (2) a Content-Length header and a "Transfer-Encoding: chunked" header. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2005-2090.
Weakness class
CVE-2013-4286 is classified as CWE-20: Improper Input Validation. The application accepts input without checking that it has the expected form, so malformed values reach code that assumes they are well formed.
Affected software
CVE-2013-4286 is recorded against 1 package.
- org.apache.tomcat:tomcat (from 8.0.0-RC1 up to 8.0.0-RC3)
Timeline and source
Published on 14 May 2022 and last revised on 7 December 2024. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.
References
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Details
Affected Packages
| Software | From version | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| org.apache.tomcat:tomcat | 8.0.0-RC1 | 8.0.0-RC3 |
References
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