SB2023052235 - Denial of service in Apache Tomcat 



SB2023052235 - Denial of service in Apache Tomcat

Published: May 22, 2023

Security Bulletin ID SB2023052235
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

Medium 100%
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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-28709)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to an incomplete fox for #VU72427 (CVE-2023-24998). 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. A remote attacker can initiate a series of uploads and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.