CVE-2024-21733
Description
Generation of Error Message Containing Sensitive Information vulnerability in Apache Tomcat.This issue affects Apache Tomcat: from 8.5.7 through 8.5.63, from 9.0.0-M11 through 9.0.43. Other, EOL versions may also be affected. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 8.5.64 onwards or 9.0.44 onwards, which contain a fix for the issue.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
OS impact
SUSE Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| — | Affected | — |
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 9.0.53-1 |
| sid | Fixed | 9.0.53-1 |
| forky | Fixed | 9.0.53-1 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 9.0.43-2~deb11u11 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 9.0.53-1 |
Package impact
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maven | org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-coyote | >=9.0.0-M11,<9.0.44 | 9.0.44 |
| Maven | org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core | >=8.5.7,<8.5.64 | 8.5.64 |
References
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-21733.html
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-21733
- https://github.com/apache/tomcat/commit/86ccc43940861703c2be96a5f35384407522125a
- https://github.com/apache/tomcat/commit/ce4b154e7b48f66bd98858626347747cd2514311
- https://github.com/apache/tomcat
- https://lists.apache.org/thread/h9bjqdd0odj6lhs2o96qgowcc6hb0cfz
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00009.html
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240216-0005
- https://tomcat.apache.org/security-8.html
- https://tomcat.apache.org/security-9.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/176951/Apache-Tomcat-8.5.63-9.0.43-HTTP-Response-Smuggling.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/01/19/2
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-21733
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.