CVE-2024-24549 (High) detected in tomcat-embed-core-9.0.68.jar

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CVE-2024-24549 - High Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Library - tomcat-embed-core-9.0.68.jar

Core Tomcat implementation

Library home page: https://tomcat.apache.org/

Dependency Hierarchy:

• webdocs-actuator-0.1.0-SNAPSHOT.jar (Root Library)
  • webdocs-commons-0.1.0-SNAPSHOT.jar
    • spring-boot-starter-web-2.7.5.jar
      • spring-boot-starter-tomcat-2.7.5.jar
        • ❌ tomcat-embed-core-9.0.68.jar (Vulnerable Library)

Found in HEAD commit: 2cda59cc9ba15234ad74bb5750717c564aad3b18

Found in base branch: master

Vulnerability Details

Denial of Service due to improper input validation vulnerability for HTTP/2 requests in Apache Tomcat. When processing an HTTP/2 request, if the request exceeded any of the configured limits for headers, the associated HTTP/2 stream was not reset until after all of the headers had been processed.This issue affects Apache Tomcat: from 11.0.0-M1 through 11.0.0-M16, from 10.1.0-M1 through 10.1.18, from 9.0.0-M1 through 9.0.85, from 8.5.0 through 8.5.98.

Users are recommended to upgrade to version 11.0.0-M17, 10.1.19, 9.0.86 or 8.5.99 which fix the issue.

Publish Date: 2024-03-13

URL: CVE-2024-24549

CVSS 3 Score Details (7.5)

Base Score Metrics:

• Exploitability Metrics:
  • Attack Vector: Network
  • Attack Complexity: Low
  • Privileges Required: None
  • User Interaction: None
  • Scope: Unchanged
• Impact Metrics:
  • Confidentiality Impact: None
  • Integrity Impact: None
  • Availability Impact: High

For more information on CVSS3 Scores, click here.

Suggested Fix

Type: Upgrade version

Origin: https://lists.apache.org/thread/4c50rmomhbbsdgfjsgwlb51xdwfjdcvg

Release Date: 2024-03-13

Fix Resolution: org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-coyote:8.5.99,9.0.86,10.1.19,11.0.0-M17, org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core:8.5.99,9.0.86,10.1.19,11.0.0-M17

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