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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.146721
Category:Web Servers
Title:Apache Tomcat DoS Vulnerability (Sep 2021) - Linux
Summary:Apache Tomcat is prone to a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability.
Description:Summary:
Apache Tomcat is prone to a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability.

Vulnerability Insight:
When Tomcat was configured to use NIO+OpenSSL or NIO2+OpenSSL
for TLS, a specially crafted packet could be used to trigger an infinite loop resulting in a
denial of service.

Affected Software/OS:
Apache Tomcat 8.5.0 through 8.5.63, 9.0.0-M1 through 9.0.43 and
10.0.0-M1 through 10.0.2.

Solution:
Update to version 8.5.64, 9.0.44, 10.0.4 or later.

CVSS Score:
4.3

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

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2021-41079
Debian Security Information: DSA-4986 (Google Search)
https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4986
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rccdef0349fdf4fb73a4e4403095446d7fe6264e0a58e2df5c6799434%40%3Cannounce.tomcat.apache.org%3E
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/09/msg00012.html
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb4de81ac647043541a32881099aa6eb5a23f1b7fd116f713f8ab9dbe@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r6b6b674e3f168dd010e67dbe6848b866e2acf26371452fdae313b98a@%3Cusers.tomcat.apache.org%3E
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