CVE-2024-23672
What it is
Denial of Service via incomplete cleanup vulnerability in Apache Tomcat. It was possible for WebSocket clients to keep WebSocket connections open leading to increased resource consumption.This issue affects Apache Tomcat: from 11.0.0-M1 through 11.0.0-M16, from 10.1.0-M1 through 10.1.18, from 9.0.0-M1 through 9.0.85, from 8.5.0 through 8.5.98. Older, EOL versions may also be affected. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 11.0.0-M17, 10.1.19, 9.0.86 or 8.5.99 which fix the issue.
At a glance
- Exploitability
- Can be exploited over the network with a low-privilege account. Limited direct impact.
- Exploit odds
- 2.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Fix
- A patch, advisory or fixed version is referenced. Upgrade or apply it.
Timeline
- PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
- Last updatedMost recent change to the record
Why it ranks here
- Exploited in the wild: no, CISA does not list it.
- Exploit odds: 2.3% in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Severity: 6.3 MEDIUM (CVSS).
- Fix: a patch or advisory is linked.
Details
- Published
- Last modified
- Exploit probability
- 2.3% · EPSS, next 30 days
- Weakness
- CWE-459
- Record status
- Modified
Affected
- Apache Tomcat < 8.5.99
- Apache Tomcat < 9.0.86
- Apache Tomcat < 10.1.19
- Apache Tomcat 11.0.0
- Debian Linux 10.0
- Fedoraproject Fedora 39
- Fedoraproject Fedora 40
Attack profile CVSS 3.1 · 6.3
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- Low
Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Is it in your code?
Hand this to your coding agent. It searches your project for the affected products and checks versions. Nothing leaves your machine.
Read https://cve-list.com/agent/cve/CVE-2024-23672.md and follow it. Check whether this project is affected by CVE-2024-23672. Read only. Don't change anything and don't upload my code. Tell me yes, no or not sure, with the file as proof.
Fix and advisories
- https://lists.apache.org/thread/cmpswfx6tj4s7x0nxxosvfqs11lvdx2f
- https://lists.apache.org/thread/cmpswfx6tj4s7x0nxxosvfqs11lvdx2f
References
- https://lists.apache.org/thread/cmpswfx6tj4s7x0nxxosvfqs11lvdx2f
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/03/13/4
- https://lists.apache.org/thread/cmpswfx6tj4s7x0nxxosvfqs11lvdx2f
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/04/msg00001.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/3UWIS5MMGYDZBLJYT674ZI5AWFHDZ46B/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/736G4GPZWS2DSQO5WKXO3G6OMZKFEK55/
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240402-0002/