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CVE-2024-23672: Apache Tomcat: WebSocket DoS with incomplete closing handshake
Description
Denial of Service via incomplete cleanup vulnerability in Apache Tomcat. It was possible for WebSocket clients to keep WebSocket connections open leading to increased resource consumption.This issue affects Apache Tomcat: from 11.0.0-M1 through 11.0.0-M16, from 10.1.0-M1 through 10.1.18, from 9.0.0-M1 through 9.0.85, from 8.5.0 through 8.5.98.
Users are recommended to upgrade to version 11.0.0-M17, 10.1.19, 9.0.86 or 8.5.99 which fix the issue.
Classification
CVE ID: CVE-2024-23672
Affected Products
Vendor: Apache Software Foundation
Product: Apache Tomcat
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
EPSS Score: 0.04% (probability of being exploited)
EPSS Percentile: 12.91% (scored less or equal to compared to others)
EPSS Date: 2025-03-14 (when was this score calculated)
References
https://lists.apache.org/thread/cmpswfx6tj4s7x0nxxosvfqs11lvdx2fhttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240402-0002/
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/04/msg00001.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/03/13/4
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/736G4GPZWS2DSQO5WKXO3G6OMZKFEK55/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/3UWIS5MMGYDZBLJYT674ZI5AWFHDZ46B/