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Apache Tomcat Race Condition vulnerability

Moderate severity GitHub Reviewed Published Oct 17, 2018 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Feb 22, 2024

Package

maven org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core (Maven)

Affected versions

>= 8.5.5, < 8.5.32
>= 9.0.0.M9, < 9.0.10

Patched versions

8.5.32
9.0.10

Description

If an async request was completed by the application at the same time as the container triggered the async timeout, a race condition existed that could result in a user seeing a response intended for a different user. An additional issue was present in the NIO and NIO2 connectors that did not correctly track the closure of the connection when an async request was completed by the application and timed out by the container at the same time. This could also result in a user seeing a response intended for another user. Versions Affected: Apache Tomcat 9.0.0.M9 to 9.0.9 and 8.5.5 to 8.5.31.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Aug 2, 2018
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Oct 17, 2018
Reviewed Jun 16, 2020
Last updated Feb 22, 2024

Severity

Moderate
5.9
/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
High
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2018-8037

GHSA ID

GHSA-6v52-mj5r-7j2m

Source code

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