Vulnerability in Apache Tomcat
CVE-2014-0230
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.
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CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.202 (97.4th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 97th percentile — 97.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.202 · newest: 0.202 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Apache Tomcat — versions 6.0.0, 6.0.1, 6.0.2
- Oracle Virtualization — versions 4.63, 4.71, 5.1
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay
- www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujul2015-2367936.html
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2654-1 (vendor-advisory)
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1622.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2018-4258247.html
- issues.jboss.org/browse/JWS-220
- www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3530 (vendor-advisory)
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0599.html (vendor-advisory)
- svn.apache.org/viewvc
- tomcat.apache.org/security-7.html (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2014-0230?
- CVE-2014-0230 is a vulnerability in Apache Tomcat, classified under CWE-399. Published 2015-06-07.
- Is CVE-2014-0230 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.