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Mageia 9: 2024-0090 Critical: Apache Tomcat DoS for WebSocket Clients

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Calendar Grey March 26, 2024
Dist Mageia Esm H88
Revised Apache folders tackle vulnerabilities, enhancing operational efficiency and guaranteeing more secure WebSocket interactions.
Denial of Service via incomplete cleanup vulnerability in Apache Tomcat

Summary

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. (CVE-2024-23672) Denial of Service due to improper input validation vulnerability for HTTP/2 requests in Apache Tomcat. When processing an HTTP/2 request, if the request exceeded any of the configured limits for headers, the associated HTTP/2 stream was not reset until after all of the headers had been processed. (CVE-2024-24549)

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=32980

- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/03/13/3

- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/03/13/4

- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-23672

- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-24549

Resolution

SRPMS

- 9/core/tomcat-9.0.87-1.mga9

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Publication date: 26 Mar 2024
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2024-0090.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2024-23672, CVE-2024-24549

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