Improper input validation in Apache Tomcat

CVE-2013-4286

Apache Tomcat before 6.0.39, 7.x before 7.0.47, and 8.x before 8.0.0-RC3, when an HTTP connector or AJP connector is used, does not properly handle certain inconsistent HTTP request headers, which allows remote attackers to trigger incorrect identification of a request's length and conduct request-smuggling attacks via (1) multiple Content-Length headers or (2) a Content-Length header and a "Transfer-Encoding: chunked" header. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2005-2090.

Vulnerability class: Drupalgeddon 2 (CVE-2018-7600)

EPSS: 0.168 (96.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

  • Apache Tomcat — versions 7.0.0, 7.0.1, 7.0.2
  • N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2013-4286?
CVE-2013-4286 is a vulnerability in Apache Tomcat, classified under Improper Input Validation. Published 2014-02-26.
Is CVE-2013-4286 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.