An h2c direct connection to Apache Tomcat 10.0.0-M1 to 10.0.0-M6, 9.0.0.M5 to 9.0.36 and 8.5.1 to 8.5.56 did not release the HTTP/1.1 processor after the upgrade to HTTP/2. If a sufficient number of such requests were made, an OutOfMemoryException could occur leading to a denial of service.
CVE-2020-13934
This high-severity CVE scores 7.5 under NVD CVSS v3. EPSS exploit probability: 23.4%, top 4% 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).
- 44 internet-exposed hosts are running an affected version right now
- High exploitation likelihood — EPSS 64%
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- CVSS v3
- 7.5
- EG Score
- 7.5(medium)
- EPSS
- 99.1%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
July 14, 2020
Last Modified
November 21, 2024
References (26)
- security@apachehttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00084.html
- security@apachehttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00088.html
- security@apachehttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r61f411cf82488d6ec213063fc15feeeb88e31b0ca9c29652ee4f962e%40%3Cannounce.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- security@apachehttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ra072b1f786e7d139e86f1d1145572e0ff71cef38a96d9c6f5362aac8%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- security@apachehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/07/msg00017.html
- security@apachehttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200724-0003/
- security@apachehttps://usn.ubuntu.com/4596-1/
- security@apachehttps://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4727
- security@apachehttps://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.html
- security@apachehttps://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html
- security@apachehttps://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2021.html
- security@apachehttps://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.html
- security@apachehttps://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00084.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00088.html
Vendor Advisories for CVE-2020-13934(1)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
Patch Availability(2)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| redhat | tomcat | 2021-08-11 | redhat |
| redhat | jws5-tomcat-0:9.0.30-5.redhat_6.1.el8jws | 2020-08-04 | 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.
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Maven(2)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| org.apache.tomcat:tomcat | 8.5.11 ... 8.5.9 (43 versions) | 8.5.56 | — |
| org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-coyote | 8.5.11 ... 8.5.9 (43 versions) | 8.5.56 | — |
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