QID 357369

Date Published: 2024-04-04

QID 357369: Amazon Linux Security Advisory for tomcat9 : ALAS2023-2024-577

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. 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. (
( CVE-2024-23672) denial of service due to improper input validation vulnerability for http/2 requests in apache tomcat.
When processing an http/2 request, if the request exceeded any of the configured limits for headers, the associated http/2 stream was not reset until after all of the headers had been processed.
( CVE-2024-24549)

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Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to a securitybreach or could affect integrity, availability, and confidentiality.

CVSS V3 rated as Critical - 8.6 severity.

CVSS V2 rated as Medium - 5.4 severity.

Solution

Please refer to Amazon advisory: ALAS2023-2024-577 for affected packages and patching details, or update with your package manager.

Vendor References

ALAS2023-2024-577 - alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2023/ALAS-2024-577.html

CVEs related to QID 357369

CVE-2024-23672 | CVE-2024-24549 |

Software Advisories

Advisory ID	Software	Component	Link
ALAS2023-2024-577	amazon linux 2023		alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2023/ALAS-2024-577.html

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