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CVE-2023-28709

Apache Tomcat: Fix for CVE-2023-24998 is incomplete

Severity Score

7.5
*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

0
*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

-
*KEV

Decision

-
*SSVC
Descriptions

The fix for CVE-2023-24998 was incomplete for Apache Tomcat 11.0.0-M2 to 11.0.0-M4, 10.1.5 to 10.1.7, 9.0.71 to 9.0.73 and 8.5.85 to 8.5.87. If non-default HTTP connector settings were used such that the maxParameterCount could be reached using query string parameters and a request was submitted that supplied exactly maxParameterCount parameters in the query string, the limit for uploaded request parts could be bypassed with the potential for a denial of service to occur.

A flaw was found in Apache Tomcat due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2023-24998, which aims to limit the uploaded request parts that can be bypassed in a request. This issue may allow an attacker to use a malicious upload or series of uploads to trigger a denial of service.

*Credits: Chenwei Jiang, Chenfeng Nie and Yue Yang from the Huawei Nebula Security Lab
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
  • Decision:-
Exploitation
-
Automatable
-
Tech. Impact
-
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
  • 2023-03-21 CVE Reserved
  • 2023-05-22 CVE Published
  • 2024-06-23 EPSS Updated
  • 2024-08-02 CVE Updated
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  • ---------- KEV Due Date
  • ---------- First Exploit
CWE
  • CWE-193: Off-by-one Error
CAPEC
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
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Apache
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Tomcat
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>= 8.5.85 <= 8.5.87
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Apache
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Tomcat
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>= 9.0.71 <= 9.0.73
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Apache
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Tomcat
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>= 10.1.5 <= 10.1.7
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Apache
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Tomcat
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11.0.0
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milestone2
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Apache
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Tomcat
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11.0.0
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milestone3
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Apache
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Tomcat
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11.0.0
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milestone4
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Debian
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Debian Linux
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12.0
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Netapp
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7-mode Transition Tool
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