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Apache Tomcat affected by vulnerability in TLS and SSL protocol

Moderate severity GitHub Reviewed Published May 2, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Feb 22, 2024

Package

maven org.apache.tomcat:tomcat (Maven)

Affected versions

>= 7.0.0, < 7.0.10
>= 6.0.0, < 6.0.32
>= 5.0.0, < 5.5.33

Patched versions

7.0.10
6.0.32
5.5.33

Description

The TLS protocol, and the SSL protocol 3.0 and possibly earlier, as used in Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) 7.0, mod_ssl in the Apache HTTP Server 2.2.14 and earlier, OpenSSL before 0.9.8l, GnuTLS 2.8.5 and earlier, Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS) 3.12.4 and earlier, multiple Cisco products, and other products, does not properly associate renegotiation handshakes with an existing connection, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to insert data into HTTPS sessions, and possibly other types of sessions protected by TLS or SSL, by sending an unauthenticated request that is processed retroactively by a server in a post-renegotiation context, related to a "plaintext injection" attack, aka the "Project Mogul" issue.

Apache Tomcat was affected by this issue and introduced a workaround in versions 7.0.10, 6.0.32, and 5.5.33.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Nov 9, 2009
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 2, 2022
Reviewed Feb 22, 2024
Last updated Feb 22, 2024

Severity

Moderate

EPSS score

0.362%
(73rd percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2009-3555

GHSA ID

GHSA-f7w7-6pjc-wwm6

Source code

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