CVE-2024-38286
Apache Tomcat Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling vulnerability
Description
Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling vulnerability in Apache Tomcat. This issue affects Apache Tomcat: from 11.0.0-M1 through 11.0.0-M20, from 10.1.0-M1 through 10.1.24, from 9.0.13 through 9.0.89. The following versions were EOL at the time the CVE was created but are known to be affected: 8.5.35 through 8.5.100 and 7.0.92 through 7.0.109. Other EOL versions may also be affected. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 11.0.0-M21, 10.1.25, or 9.0.90, which fixes the issue. Apache Tomcat, under certain configurations on any platform, allows an attacker to cause an OutOfMemoryError by abusing the TLS handshake process.
How to fix CVE-2024-38286
To remediate CVE-2024-38286, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 9.0.90 or later
- —upgrade to 10.1.34-0+deb12u1 or later
- —upgrade to 9.0.43-2~deb11u11 or later
- —upgrade to 11.0.0-M21 or later
Is CVE-2024-38286 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.4%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (4)
- >= 9.0.13, < 9.0.90, >= 10.0.0, < 10.1.25, >= 11.0.0, < 11.0.9
- from 0, < 10.1.34-0+deb12u1
- from 0, < 9.0.43-2~deb11u11
- >= 11.0.0-M1, < 11.0.0-M21
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 4.0 | — | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:H |
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH8.6 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H |