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🛡️ CVE-2024-38286 on Ubuntu — tomcat10

⚪ Unknown ✅ No Known Exploit OSV
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Description

Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling vulnerability in Apache Tomcat. This issue affects Apache Tomcat: from 11.0.0-M1 through 11.0.0-M20, from 10.1.0-M1 through 10.1.24, from 9.0.13 through 9.0.89. The following versions were EOL at the time the CVE was created but are known to be affected: 8.5.35 through 8.5.100 and 7.0.92 through 7.0.109. Other EOL versions may also be affected. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 11.0.0-M21, 10.1.25, or 9.0.90, which fixes the issue. Apache Tomcat, under certain configurations on any platform, allows an attacker to cause an OutOfMemoryError by abusing the TLS handshake process.

Distribution advisory

This page covers CVE-2024-38286 as tracked by Ubuntu, for the package tomcat10. The fix is available in version 10.1.16-1ubuntu0.1~esm2; earlier versions remain affected.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality none, integrity none, availability high.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

  • Attack vector: Network — reachable from anywhere that can route to the service.
  • Attack complexity: Low — the attack works reliably, with no preparation.
  • Privileges required: None — an unauthenticated stranger can try it.
  • User interaction: None — nobody has to be tricked into anything.
  • Scope: Unchanged — the damage stays inside the vulnerable component.
  • Confidentiality impact: None.
  • Integrity impact: None.
  • Availability impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.

Weakness class

UBUNTU-CVE-2024-38286 is classified as CWE-770: Allocation of Resources Without Limits. Resources are allocated on request with no cap, so a client can exhaust them.

Affected software

UBUNTU-CVE-2024-38286 is recorded against 3 packages.

  • tomcat10 (fixed in 10.1.16-1ubuntu0.1~esm2)
  • tomcat8
  • tomcat9 (fixed in 9.0.70-2ubuntu3)

Timeline and source

Published on 7 November 2024 and last revised on 15 July 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

ubuntu.com (Report)
www.cve.org (Report)
lists.apache.org (Report)
github.com (Report)
github.com (Report)
ubuntu.com (Advisory)

Other advisories for this package

tomcat10 has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:

Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-770: Allocation of Resources Without Limits) in other software:

CVE-2024-38286 on other distributions

Each distribution ships its own build and its own fixed version. Pick the one you run:

Details

Severity Unknown
CVSS Score N/A
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE N/A
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2024-11-07
Updated 2026-08-20
Modified 2026-07-15
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
tomcat10 — 10.1.16-1ubuntu0.1~esm2
tomcat8 — —
tomcat9 — 9.0.70-2ubuntu3

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