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CVE-2013-4286: Improper Input Validation

May 14, 2022 (updated August 17, 2023)

Apache Tomcat before 6.0.39, 7.x before 7.0.47, and 8.x before 8.0.0-RC3, when an HTTP connector or AJP connector is used, does not properly handle certain inconsistent HTTP request headers, which allows remote attackers to trigger incorrect identification of a request’s length and conduct request-smuggling attacks via (1) multiple Content-Length headers or (2) a Content-Length header and a “Transfer-Encoding: chunked” header. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2005-2090.

References

  • advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0148.html
  • marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=141390017113542&w=2
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  • rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0343.html
  • rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0344.html
  • rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0345.html
  • seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Dec/23
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  • www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21667883
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  • www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujan2015-1972971.html
  • www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujul2014-1972956.html
  • www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuoct2014-1972960.html
  • www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534161/100/0/threaded
  • www.securityfocus.com/bid/65773
  • www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2130-1
  • www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2014-0012.html
  • bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1069921
  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-j448-j653-r3vj
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  • lists.apache.org/thread.html/39ae1f0bd5867c15755a6f959b271ade1aea04ccdc3b2e639dcd903b@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
  • lists.apache.org/thread.html/b84ad1258a89de5c9c853c7f2d3ad77e5b8b2930be9e132d5cef6b95@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
  • lists.apache.org/thread.html/b8a1bf18155b552dcf9a928ba808cbadad84c236d85eab3033662cfb@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
  • lists.apache.org/thread.html/r03c597a64de790ba42c167efacfa23300c3d6c9fe589ab87fe02859c@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
  • lists.apache.org/thread.html/r587e50b86c1a96ee301f751d50294072d142fd6dc08a8987ae9f3a9b@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-4286
  • rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0686.html

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Affected versions

All versions before 6.0.39, all versions starting from 7.0.0 before 7.0.47, all versions starting from 8.0.0-rc1 before 8.0.0-rc3

Fixed versions

  • 6.0.39
  • 7.0.47
  • 8.0.0-RC3

Solution

Upgrade to versions 6.0.39, 7.0.47, 8.0.0-RC3 or above.

Impact 5.8 MEDIUM

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

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Weakness

  • CWE-20: Improper Input Validation
  • CWE-707: Improper Neutralization

Source file

maven/org.apache.tomcat/tomcat/CVE-2013-4286.yml

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