CVE-2016-8747

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2017-03-13
CWE:
CWE-200
Bugzilla:
1432006: CVE-2016-8747 tomcat: Information leak between requests on the same connection

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

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.

Find out more about CVE-2016-8747 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v3 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v3 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS3 Base Score 4.7
CVSS3 Base Metrics CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction Required
Scope Changed
Confidentiality Low
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact None

Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat JBoss Web Server 3 tomcat8 Not affected
Red Hat JBoss Fuse 6 tomcat8 Not affected

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