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Apache Tomcat: Moderate: Information Disclosure (CVE-2016-8747)

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Apache Tomcat: Moderate: Information Disclosure (CVE-2016-8747)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
03/14/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
03/14/2017
Modified
11/27/2024

Description

An information disclosure issue was discovered in Apache Tomcat 8.5.7 to 8.5.9 and 9.0.0.M11 to 9.0.0.M15 in reverse-proxy configurations. Http11InputBuffer.java allows remote attackers to read data that was intended to be associated with a different request.

Solution(s)

  • apache-tomcat-upgrade-8_5_11

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