CVE-2014-9720
unknown
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
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Description
Tornado before 3.2.2 sends arbitrary responses that contain a fixed CSRF token and may be sent with HTTP compression, which makes it easier for remote attackers to conduct a BREACH attack and determine this token via a series of crafted requests.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
30%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 3.2.2-1 |
| sid | Fixed | 3.2.2-1 |
| forky | Fixed | 3.2.2-1 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 3.2.2-1 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 3.2.2-1 |
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-9720
- https://github.com/tornadoweb/tornado/commit/1c36307463b1e8affae100bf9386948e6c1b2308
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=930362
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1222816
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/tornado/PYSEC-2020-213.yaml
- https://github.com/tornadoweb/tornado
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/05/19/4
- http://www.tornadoweb.org/en/stable/releases/v3.2.2.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-9720
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.