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high 7.8

CVE-2014-0230 in the critical feed json

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in Apache Tomcat

published 11y ago modified 26d ago also GHSA-pxcx-cxq8-4mmw , EUVD-2022-4851

cvss
7.8
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
20.2%
EPSS 20.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 97%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Apache Tomcat 6.x before 6.0.44, 7.x before 7.0.55, and 8.x before 8.0.9 does not properly handle cases where an HTTP response occurs before finishing the reading of an entire request body, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (thread consumption) via a series of aborted upload attempts.

Patch / fix

  • maven org.apache.tomcat:tomcat 6.0.44, 7.0.55, 8.0.9
  • tomcat6 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 6.0.39-1ubuntu0.1
  • tomcat6 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 6.0.45+dfsg-1
  • tomcat7 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 7.0.52-1ubuntu0.3

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2014-0230

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • tomcat RHEL 7 7.0.69-10.el7
  • tomcat-lib RHEL 7 7.0.69-10.el7
  • tomcat-jsvc RHEL 7 7.0.69-10.el7
  • tomcat-javadoc RHEL 7 7.0.69-10.el7
  • tomcat-webapps RHEL 7 7.0.69-10.el7
  • tomcat-el-2.2-api RHEL 7 7.0.69-10.el7
  • tomcat-docs-webapp RHEL 7 7.0.69-10.el7
  • tomcat-jsp-2.2-api RHEL 7 7.0.69-10.el7

red hat advisories RHSA-2016:2599RHSA-2015:1622RHSA-2015:2660RHSA-2015:2659RHEA-2015:1771RHEA-2015:1770

  • tomcat6 SLES for SAP 11 SP4, SLES 11 SP4 6.0.41-0.47.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2015:1565-1

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Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2014-0230 updated cvss 5.0

tomcat: non-persistent DoS attack by feeding data by aborting an upload

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 tomcat5
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat JBoss Data Grid 6 jbossweb jbossweb Red Hat JBoss Data Virtualization 6 jbossweb jbossweb
    affected: no fix available
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 4 jbossweb jbossweb Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5 jbossweb jbossweb Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 1 tomcat6, tomcat5 tomcat5
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat JBoss Operations Network 3 jbossweb jbossweb Red Hat JBoss Portal 6 jbossweb jbossweb
    affected: no fix available
  • Red Hat JBoss SOA Platform 4 jbossweb jbossweb Red Hat JBoss SOA Platform 5 jbossweb jbossweb
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat JBoss BRMS 5 jbossweb jbossweb Red Hat JBoss Fuse Service Works 6 jbossweb jbossweb
    under investigation
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) tomcat 7.0.69-10.el7, tomcat-servlet-3.0-api 7.0.69-10.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) tomcat 7.0.69-10.el7, tomcat-lib 7.0.69-10.el7, tomcat-jsvc 7.0.69-10.el7, tomcat-javadoc 7.0.69-10.el7, tomcat-webapps 7.0.69-10.el7, tomcat-el-2.2-api 7.0.69-10.el7, +3 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7) tomcat 7.0.69-10.el7, tomcat-servlet-3.0-api 7.0.69-10.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) tomcat 7.0.69-10.el7, tomcat-lib 7.0.69-10.el7, tomcat-jsvc 7.0.69-10.el7, tomcat-javadoc 7.0.69-10.el7, tomcat-webapps 7.0.69-10.el7, tomcat-el-2.2-api 7.0.69-10.el7, +3 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) tomcat 7.0.69-10.el7, tomcat-lib 7.0.69-10.el7, tomcat-webapps 7.0.69-10.el7, tomcat-el-2.2-api 7.0.69-10.el7, tomcat-jsp-2.2-api 7.0.69-10.el7, tomcat-admin-webapps 7.0.69-10.el7, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) tomcat 7.0.69-10.el7, tomcat-lib 7.0.69-10.el7, tomcat-jsvc 7.0.69-10.el7, tomcat-javadoc 7.0.69-10.el7, tomcat-webapps 7.0.69-10.el7, tomcat-el-2.2-api 7.0.69-10.el7, +3 more
    +2 more products
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) tomcat 7.0.69-10.el7, tomcat-lib 7.0.69-10.el7, tomcat-webapps 7.0.69-10.el7, tomcat-el-2.2-api 7.0.69-10.el7, tomcat-jsp-2.2-api 7.0.69-10.el7, tomcat-admin-webapps 7.0.69-10.el7, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) tomcat-jsvc 7.0.69-10.el7, tomcat-javadoc 7.0.69-10.el7, tomcat-docs-webapp 7.0.69-10.el7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2016:2599
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.4
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2016:0599
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  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.4 for RHEL 5 Server hornetq 2.3.25-11.SP9_redhat_1.1.ep6.el5, jbossweb 7.5.15-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el5, resteasy 2.3.13-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el5, jboss-hal 2.5.12-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el5, weld-core 1.1.33-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el5, infinispan 5.2.18-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el5, +80 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2016:0595
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.4 for RHEL 6 Server hornetq 2.3.25-11.SP9_redhat_1.1.ep6.el6, jbossweb 7.5.15-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el6, resteasy 2.3.13-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el6, jboss-hal 2.5.12-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el6, weld-core 1.1.33-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el6, infinispan 5.2.18-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el6, +82 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2016:0596
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.4 for RHEL 7 Server hornetq 2.3.25-11.SP9_redhat_1.1.ep6.el7, jbossweb 7.5.15-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el7, resteasy 2.3.13-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el7, jboss-hal 2.5.12-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el7, weld-core 1.1.33-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el7, infinispan 5.2.18-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el7, +80 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2016:0597
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 2 for RHEL 5 Server tomcat6 6.0.41-15_patch_04.ep6.el5, tomcat7 7.0.54-19_patch_04.ep6.el5, tomcat6-lib 6.0.41-15_patch_04.ep6.el5, tomcat7-lib 7.0.54-19_patch_04.ep6.el5, tomcat6-log4j 6.0.41-15_patch_04.ep6.el5, tomcat7-log4j 7.0.54-19_patch_04.ep6.el5, +14 more Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 2 for RHEL 6 Server tomcat6 6.0.41-15_patch_04.ep6.el6, tomcat7 7.0.54-19_patch_04.ep6.el6, tomcat6-lib 6.0.41-15_patch_04.ep6.el6, tomcat7-lib 7.0.54-19_patch_04.ep6.el6, tomcat6-log4j 6.0.41-15_patch_04.ep6.el6, tomcat7-log4j 7.0.54-19_patch_04.ep6.el6, +14 more Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 2 for RHEL 7 Server tomcat6 6.0.41-15_patch_04.ep6.el7, tomcat7 7.0.54-20_patch_04.ep6.el7, tomcat6-lib 6.0.41-15_patch_04.ep6.el7, tomcat7-lib 7.0.54-20_patch_04.ep6.el7, tomcat6-log4j 6.0.41-15_patch_04.ep6.el7, tomcat7-log4j 7.0.54-20_patch_04.ep6.el7, +14 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2015:1622
  • Red Hat JBoss Web Server 2.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2015:1621
  • Red Hat JBoss Web Server 3.0
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2015:2661
  • Red Hat JBoss Web Server 3.0 for RHEL 6 httpd24 2.4.6-59.ep7.el6, mod_bmx 0.9.5-5.GA.ep7.el6, mod_bmx 0.9.5-7.GA.ep7.el6, mod_ssl24 2.4.6-59.ep7.el6, mod_ldap24 2.4.6-59.ep7.el6, httpd24-tools 2.4.6-59.ep7.el6, +54 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2015:2659
  • Red Hat JBoss Web Server 3.0 for RHEL 7 httpd24 2.4.6-59.ep7.el7, mod_bmx 0.9.5-5.GA.ep7.el7, mod_bmx 0.9.5-7.GA.ep7.el7, mod_ssl24 2.4.6-59.ep7.el7, mod_ldap24 2.4.6-59.ep7.el7, httpd24-tools 2.4.6-59.ep7.el7, +54 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2015:2660
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 tomcat6, tomcat6-lib, tomcat6-log4j, tomcat6-javadoc, tomcat6-webapps, tomcat6-el-2.1-api, +4 more
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
26d ago

Exploit prediction

20.18% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 97% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 7.8 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
maven org.apache.tomcat:tomcat
>=6.0.0, <6.0.44
>=7.0.0, <7.0.55
>=8.0.0, <8.0.9
6.0.44
7.0.55
8.0.9

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-399 Resource Management Errors
  • CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

References

Sources

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