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CVE-2014-0050: Denial of service

April 1, 2014 (updated October 9, 2018)

MultipartStream.java in this package allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and CPU consumption) via a crafted Content-Type header that bypasses a loop’s intended exit conditions.

References

  • blog.spiderlabs.com/2014/02/cve-2014-0050-exploit-with-boundaries-loops-without-boundaries.html
  • mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/www-announce/201402.mbox/%3C52F373FC.9030907@apache.org%3E
  • struts.apache.org/docs/s2-020.html
  • svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1565143
  • web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2014-0050

Code Behaviors & Features

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Affected versions

All versions starting from 7-alpha0 up to 7.0.51, all versions starting from 8-alpha0 up to 8.0.1

Fixed versions

  • 7.0.52
  • 8.0.3

Solution

Upgrade to versions 7.0.52, 8.0.3 or above.

Impact 7.5 HIGH

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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Weakness

  • CWE-264

Source file

maven/org.apache.tomcat/tomcat-coyote/CVE-2014-0050.yml

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