CVE-2014-0099

Public on 2014-05-31
Modified on 2015-05-14
Description
It was found that JBoss Web / Apache Tomcat did not check for overflowing values when parsing request content length headers. A remote attacker could use this flaw to perform an HTTP request smuggling attack on a JBoss Web / Apache Tomcat server located behind a reverse proxy that processed the content length header correctly.
Severity
Medium severity
Medium
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CVSS v3 Base Score
5.8
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory Status
Amazon Linux 1 tomcat7 2015-05-14 ALAS-2015-526 Fixed
Amazon Linux 1 tomcat8 2015-05-14 ALAS-2015-527 Fixed

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv2 5.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
NVD CVSSv2 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N