Information Exposure Affecting org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-coyote package, versions [7.0.0,7.0.73) [8,8.0.39) [8.5.0,8.5.8) [9-alpha,9.0.0.M13)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-JAVA-ORGAPACHETOMCAT-30936
- published 23 Nov 2016
- disclosed 23 Nov 2016
- credit Regis Leroy
Introduced: 23 Nov 2016
CVE-2016-6816 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-coyote to version 7.0.73, 8.0.39, 8.5.8, 9.0.0.M13 or higher.
Overview
org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-coyote is a Tomcat Connectors and HTTP parser.
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Information Exposure. The code that parsed the HTTP request line permitted invalid characters. This could be exploited, in conjunction with a proxy that also permitted the invalid characters but with a different interpretation, to inject data into the HTTP response. By manipulating the HTTP response the attacker could poison a web-cache, perform an XSS attack and/or obtain sensitive information from requests other then their own.