Vulnerability in Tornadoweb Tornado
CVE-2014-9720
Tornado before 3.2.2 sends arbitrary responses that contain a fixed CSRF token and may be sent with HTTP compression, which makes it easier for remote attackers to conduct a BREACH attack and determine this token via a series of crafted requests.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.025 (84.5th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 85th percentile — 84.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.025 · newest: 0.025 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.tornadoweb.org/en/stable/releases/v3.2.2.html (Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
- github.com/tornadoweb/tornado/commit/1c36307463b1e8affae100bf9386948e6c1b2308 (Patch)
- bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi (Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
- openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/05/19/4 (Patch, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2014-9720?
- CVE-2014-9720 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Tornadoweb Tornado, classified under Observable Discrepancy. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2020-01-24.
- How severe is CVE-2014-9720?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.