CVE-2024-54677

17.12.2024, 13:15

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability in the examples web application provided with Apache Tomcat leads to denial of service.

This issue affects Apache Tomcat: from 11.0.0-M1 through 11.0.1, from 10.1.0-M1 through 10.1.33, from 9.0.0.M1 through 9.9.97.
The following versions were EOL at the time the CVE was created but are
known to be affected: 8.5.0 though 8.5.100. Other, older, EOL versions
may also be affected.

Users are recommended to upgrade to version 11.0.2, 10.1.34 or 9.0.98, which fixes the issue.

Provider	Type	Base Score	Atk. Vector	Atk. Complexity	Priv. Required	Vector
NIST	NIST	5.3 MEDIUM	NETWORK	LOW	NONE	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
apache	CNA	---				---
CISA-ADP	ADP	5.3 MEDIUM	NETWORK	LOW	NONE	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CVE	ADP	---				---

Base Score

CVSS 3.x

EPSS Score

Percentile: 91%

Vendor	Product	Version
apache	tomcat	9.0.0 ≤ 𝑥 < 9.0.98
apache	tomcat	10.1.0 ≤ 𝑥 < 10.1.34
apache	tomcat	11.0.0 ≤ 𝑥 < 11.0.2
netapp	bootstrap_os	-

𝑥

= Vulnerable software versions

Debian Releases

Debian Product

Codename

tomcat10

bookworm	10.1.34-0+deb12u2 fixed
bookworm (security)	10.1.34-0+deb12u2 fixed
forky	10.1.40-1 fixed
sid	10.1.40-1 fixed
trixie	10.1.40-1 fixed

tomcat9

bullseye	vulnerable
bullseye (security)	9.0.107-0+deb11u1 fixed
bookworm	9.0.70-2 fixed
forky	9.0.95-1 fixed
sid	9.0.95-1 fixed
trixie	9.0.95-1 fixed

Ubuntu Releases

Ubuntu Product

Codename

tomcat6

plucky	dne
oracular	dne
noble	dne
jammy	dne
focal	dne
xenial	needs-triage
trusty	needs-triage

tomcat7

plucky	dne
oracular	dne
noble	dne
jammy	dne
focal	dne
bionic	needs-triage
xenial	needs-triage
trusty	needs-triage

tomcat8

plucky	dne
oracular	dne
noble	dne
jammy	dne
focal	dne
bionic	needed
xenial	needed

tomcat10

plucky	not-affected
oracular	ignored
noble	Fixed 10.1.16-1ubuntu0.1~esm3 released
jammy	dne
focal	dne

tomcat9

plucky	not-affected
oracular	ignored
noble	not-affected
jammy	needed
focal	needed
bionic	needed

Common Weakness Enumeration

CWE-400 - Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
The software does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource, thereby enabling an actor to influence the amount of resources consumed, eventually leading to the exhaustion of available resources.

References

https://lists.apache.org/thread/tdtbbxpg5trdwc2wnopcth9ccvdftq2n

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/12/17/5

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/12/17/6

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/12/18/1

https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20250131-0006/