CVE-2017-5650 (High) detected in tomcat-embed-core-8.5.4.jar

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CVE-2017-5650 - High Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Library - tomcat-embed-core-8.5.4.jar

Core Tomcat implementation

Library home page: http://tomcat.apache.org/

Path to dependency file: fitbit-api-example-java2/pom.xml

Path to vulnerable library: /home/wss-scanner/.m2/repository/org/apache/tomcat/embed/tomcat-embed-core/8.5.4/tomcat-embed-core-8.5.4.jar

Dependency Hierarchy:

• spring-boot-starter-web-1.4.0.RELEASE.jar (Root Library)
  • spring-boot-starter-tomcat-1.4.0.RELEASE.jar
    • ❌ tomcat-embed-core-8.5.4.jar (Vulnerable Library)

Found in HEAD commit: 8c153ad064e8f07a4ddade35ac13a9b485ca3dac

Found in base branch: master

Vulnerability Details

In Apache Tomcat 9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.0.M18 and 8.5.0 to 8.5.12, the handling of an HTTP/2 GOAWAY frame for a connection did not close streams associated with that connection that were currently waiting for a WINDOW_UPDATE before allowing the application to write more data. These waiting streams each consumed a thread. A malicious client could therefore construct a series of HTTP/2 requests that would consume all available processing threads.

Publish Date: 2017-04-17

URL: CVE-2017-5650

CVSS 3 Score Details (7.5)

Base Score Metrics:

• Exploitability Metrics:
  • Attack Vector: Network
  • Attack Complexity: Low
  • Privileges Required: None
  • User Interaction: None
  • Scope: Unchanged
• Impact Metrics:
  • Confidentiality Impact: None
  • Integrity Impact: None
  • Availability Impact: High

For more information on CVSS3 Scores, click here.

Suggested Fix

Type: Upgrade version

Origin: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-5650

Release Date: 2017-04-17

Fix Resolution: org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core:9.0.0.M19,8.5.13,org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-coyote:9.0.0.M19,8.5.13

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