CVE-2024-23672
Description
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. Older, EOL versions may also be affected. 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.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
SUSE Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| — | Affected | — |
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 10.1.20-1 |
| sid | Fixed | 10.1.20-1 |
| forky | Fixed | 10.1.20-1 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 9.0.43-2~deb11u10 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 10.1.6-1+deb12u2 |
Red Hat Fixed 2 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 9 | Fixed | — |
| 8 | Fixed | — |
Rocky Linux Fixed 2 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 9 | Fixed | — |
| 8 | Fixed | — |
Package impact
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maven | org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-websocket | >=11.0.0-M1,<11.0.0-M17 | 11.0.0-M17 |
| Maven | org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-websocket | >=10.1.0-M1,<10.1.19 | 10.1.19 |
| Maven | org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-websocket | >=9.0.0-M1,<9.0.86 | 9.0.86 |
| Maven | org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-websocket | >=8.5.0,<8.5.99 | 8.5.99 |
| Maven | org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-websocket | >=11.0.0-M1,<11.0.0-M17 | 11.0.0-M17 |
| Maven | org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-websocket | >=10.1.0-M1,<10.1.19 | 10.1.19 |
| Maven | org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-websocket | >=9.0.0-M1,<9.0.86 | 9.0.86 |
| Maven | org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-websocket | >=8.5.0,<8.5.99 | 8.5.99 |
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:3307
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-23672.html
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-23672
- https://github.com/apache/tomcat/commit/0052b374684b613b0c849899b325ebe334ac6501
- https://github.com/apache/tomcat/commit/3631adb1342d8bbd8598802a12b63ad02c37d591
- https://github.com/apache/tomcat/commit/52d6650e062d880704898d7d8c1b2b7a3efe8068
- https://github.com/apache/tomcat/commit/b0e3b1bd78de270d53e319d7cb79eb282aa53cb9
- https://github.com/apache/tomcat
- https://lists.apache.org/thread/cmpswfx6tj4s7x0nxxosvfqs11lvdx2f
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/04/msg00001.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3UWIS5MMGYDZBLJYT674ZI5AWFHDZ46B
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/736G4GPZWS2DSQO5WKXO3G6OMZKFEK55
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240402-0002
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/03/13/4
- https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2024:3307
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-23672
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:3666
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2269607
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2269608
- https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2024-3666.html
- https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2024-3307.html
- https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2024:3666
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.