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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.148839
Category:Web Servers
Title:Apache Tomcat Request Smuggling Vulnerability (Oct 2022) - Linux
Summary:Apache Tomcat is prone to a request smuggling vulnerability.
Description:Summary:
Apache Tomcat is prone to a request smuggling vulnerability.

Vulnerability Insight:
If Tomcat is configured to ignore invalid HTTP headers via
setting rejectIllegalHeader to false (the default for 8.5.x only), Tomcat does not reject a
request containing an invalid Content-Length header making a request smuggling attack possible if
Tomcat is located behind a reverse proxy that also fails to reject the request with the invalid
header.

Affected Software/OS:
Apache Tomcat version 8.5.0 through 8.5.82, 9.0.0-M1 through
9.0.67, 10.0.0-M1 through 10.0.26 and 10.1.0.

Solution:
Update to version 8.5.83, 9.0.68, 10.0.27, 10.1.1 or later.

CVSS Score:
7.8

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:N

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2022-42252
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-37
https://lists.apache.org/thread/zzcxzvqfdqn515zfs3dxb7n8gty589sq
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