The refactoring present in Apache Tomcat 9.0.28 to 9.0.30, 8.5.48 to 8.5.50 and 7.0.98 to 7.0.99 introduced a regression. The result of the regression was that invalid Transfer-Encoding headers were incorrectly processed leading to a possibility of HTTP Request Smuggling if Tomcat was located behind a reverse proxy that incorrectly handled the invalid Transfer-Encoding header in a particular manner. Such a reverse proxy is considered unlikely.
CVE-2019-17569
This medium-severity CVE scores 4.8 under NVD CVSS v3. EPSS exploit probability: 6.2%, top 9% of all CVEs by exploit prediction. GitHub Security Advisory data not yet ingested — confidence will rise once GHSA publishes (typical lag: hours to days for open-source ecosystem CVEs; never for infrastructure-only CVEs).
- Lower severity and no public exploit yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 4.8
- EG Score
- 4.8(medium)
- EPSS
- 94.6%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
February 24, 2020
Last Modified
November 21, 2024
References (22)
- security@apachehttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00025.html
- security@apachehttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r7bc994c965a34876bd94d5ff15b4e1e30b6220a15eb9b47c81915b78%40%3Ccommits.tomee.apache.org%3E
- security@apachehttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r88def002c5c78534674ca67472e035099fbe088813d50062094a1390%40%3Cannounce.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- security@apachehttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rc31cbabb46cdc58bbdd8519a8f64b6236b2635a3922bbeba0f0e3743%40%3Ccommits.tomee.apache.org%3E
- security@apachehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/03/msg00006.html
- security@apachehttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200327-0005/
- security@apachehttps://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4673
- security@apachehttps://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4680
- security@apachehttps://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2021.html
- security@apachehttps://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html
- security@apachehttps://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00025.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r7bc994c965a34876bd94d5ff15b4e1e30b6220a15eb9b47c81915b78%40%3Ccommits.tomee.apache.org%3E
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r88def002c5c78534674ca67472e035099fbe088813d50062094a1390%40%3Cannounce.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rc31cbabb46cdc58bbdd8519a8f64b6236b2635a3922bbeba0f0e3743%40%3Ccommits.tomee.apache.org%3E
Patch Availability(2)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| redhat | jws5-tomcat-native-0:1.2.23-4.redhat_4.el8jws | 2020-04-21 | redhat |
| redhat | tomcat | 2020-04-21 | redhat |
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
Affected Packages
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Maven(2)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core | 9.0.29, 9.0.30 | 9.0.31 | — |
| org.apache.tomcat:tomcat | 9.0.29, 9.0.30 | 9.0.31 | — |
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