ubuntu-cve-2022-42252
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2022-11-01 09:15
Modified
2026-06-01 17:06
Summary
Details
If Apache Tomcat 8.5.0 to 8.5.82, 9.0.0-M1 to 9.0.67, 10.0.0-M1 to 10.0.26 or 10.1.0-M1 to 10.1.0 was configured to ignore invalid HTTP headers via setting rejectIllegalHeader to false (the default for 8.5.x only), Tomcat did not reject a request containing an invalid Content-Length header making a request smuggling attack possible if Tomcat was located behind a reverse proxy that also failed to reject the request with the invalid header.
Severity
7.5 (High)
7.5 (High)
N/A (UNKNOWN)
References
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"8.5.29-1",
"8.5.30-1",
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"8.5.30-1ubuntu1.2",
"8.5.30-1ubuntu1.3",
"8.5.30-1ubuntu1.4",
"8.5.39-1ubuntu1~18.04.1",
"8.5.39-1ubuntu1~18.04.2",
"8.5.39-1ubuntu1~18.04.3"
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"availability": "No subscription required",
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"binary_name": "libtomcat9-embed-java",
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{
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{
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},
{
"binary_name": "tomcat9-admin",
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},
{
"binary_name": "tomcat9-common",
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},
{
"binary_name": "tomcat9-docs",
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"9.0.54-1",
"9.0.55-1",
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"aliases": [],
"details": "If Apache Tomcat 8.5.0 to 8.5.82, 9.0.0-M1 to 9.0.67, 10.0.0-M1 to 10.0.26 or 10.1.0-M1 to 10.1.0 was configured to ignore invalid HTTP headers via setting rejectIllegalHeader to false (the default for 8.5.x only), Tomcat did not reject a request containing an invalid Content-Length header making a request smuggling attack possible if Tomcat was located behind a reverse proxy that also failed to reject the request with the invalid header.",
"id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2022-42252",
"modified": "2026-06-01T17:06:36Z",
"published": "2022-11-01T09:15:00Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-42252"
},
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://lists.apache.org/thread/zzcxzvqfdqn515zfs3dxb7n8gty589sq"
},
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://github.com/apache/tomcat/commit/4c7f4fd09d2cc1692112ef70b8ee23a7a037ae77"
},
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"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://github.com/apache/tomcat/commit/a1c07906d8dcaf7957e5cc97f5cdbac7d18a205a"
},
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-42252"
},
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6880-1"
}
],
"related": [
"USN-6880-1"
],
"schema_version": "1.7.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
},
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
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{
"score": "medium",
"type": "Ubuntu"
}
],
"upstream": [
"CVE-2022-42252"
]
}
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