CVE-2022-42252

Summary

CVECVE-2022-42252
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2022-11-01 09:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-05-30 06:15:00 UTC
DescriptionIf Apache Tomcat 8.5.0 to 8.5.82, 9.0.0-M1 to 9.0.67, 10.0.0-M1 to 10.0.26 or 10.1.0-M1 to 10.1.0 was configured to ignore invalid HTTP headers via setting rejectIllegalHeader to false (the default for 8.5.x only), Tomcat did not reject a request containing an invalid Content-Length header making a request smuggling attack possible if Tomcat was located behind a reverse proxy that also failed to reject the request with the invalid header.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-444

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Apache Tomcat All All All All
Application Apache Tomcat All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
lists.apache.org/thread/zzcxzvqfdqn515zfs3dxb7n8gty589sq MISC lists.apache.org
Apache Tomcat: Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 202305-37) — Gentoo security MISC security.gentoo.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 150590 Apache Tomcat HTTP Request Smuggling Vulnerability (CVE-2022-42252)
  • 181696 Debian Security Update for tomcat9 (DLA 3384-1)
  • 181700 Debian Security Update for tomcat9 (DSA 5381-1)
  • 184006 Debian Security Update for tomcat9 (CVE-2022-42252)
  • 296098 Oracle Solaris 11.4 Support Repository Update (SRU) 52.132.2 Missing (CPUOCT2022)
  • 355221 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for tomcat9 : ALAS2023-2023-140
  • 356166 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for tomcat : ALASTOMCAT9-2023-005
  • 356210 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for tomcat : ALASTOMCAT8.5-2023-002
  • 356279 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for tomcat : ALASTOMCAT9-2023-002
  • 378055 Dell NetWorker Security Update for an Apache Tomcat Vulnerability (DSA-2023-040)
  • 672612 EulerOS Security Update for tomcat (EulerOS-SA-2023-1341)
  • 690992 Free Berkeley Software Distribution (FreeBSD) Security Update for tomcat (556fdf03-6785-11ed-953b-002b67dfc673)
  • 710733 Gentoo Linux Apache Tomcat Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 202305-37)
  • 730644 Apache Tomcat request smuggling Vulnerability (CVE-2022-42252)
  • 730648 Apache Tomcat request smuggling Vulnerability (CVE-2022-42252)
  • 730657 Apache Tomcat request smuggling Vulnerability (CVE-2022-42252)
  • 730663 Apache Tomcat request smuggling Vulnerability (CVE-2022-42252)
  • 730982 Atlassian Confluence Data Center and Server Request Smuggling Vulnerability (CONFSERVER-93168)
  • 752834 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for tomcat (SUSE-SU-2022:4221-1)
  • 752849 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for tomcat (SUSE-SU-2022:4257-1)
  • 752970 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for tomcat (SUSE-SU-2022:4303-1)
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