CVE-2014-0230

tomcat: non-persistent DoS attack by feeding data by aborting an upload

Published Jun 7, 2015 CVSS 2.0 · 7.8 High EPSS 20.2% KEV · Not listed
Description
Apache Tomcat 6.x before 6.0.44, 7.x before 7.0.55, and 8.x before 8.0.9 does not properly handle cases where an HTTP response occurs before finishing the reading of an entire request body, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (thread consumption) via a series of aborted upload attempts.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-232-1 tomcat6 security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3447-1 tomcat7 security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3530-1 tomcat6 security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2022-4851 Apache Tomcat 6.x before 6.0.44, 7.x before 7.0.55, and 8.x before 8.0.9 does not properly handle cases where an HTTP response occurs before finishing the reading of an entire request body, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (thread consumption) via a series of aborted upload attempts.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-pxcx-cxq8-4mmw Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in Apache Tomcat
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2654-1 Tomcat vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2655-1 Tomcat vulnerabilities
References
Link Providers
http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/tomcat-announce/201505.mbox/%3C554949D1.8030904%40apache.org%3E cve-icon cve-icon
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=144498216801440&w=2 cve-icon cve-icon
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=145974991225029&w=2 cve-icon cve-icon
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/10/1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1621.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1622.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2661.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0595.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0596.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0597.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0598.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0599.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1603770 cve-icon cve-icon
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1603775 cve-icon cve-icon
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1603779 cve-icon cve-icon
http://tomcat.apache.org/security-6.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://tomcat.apache.org/security-6.html#Fixed_in_Apache_Tomcat_6.0.44 cve-icon
http://tomcat.apache.org/security-7.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://tomcat.apache.org/security-7.html#Fixed_in_Apache_Tomcat_7.0.55 cve-icon
http://tomcat.apache.org/security-8.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://tomcat.apache.org/security-8.html#Fixed_in_Apache_Tomcat_8.0.9 cve-icon
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3447 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3530 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2018-4258247.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2015-2511968.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujul2015-2367936.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74475 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2654-1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2655-1 cve-icon cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:2659 cve-icon cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:2660 cve-icon cve-icon
https://h20564.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c04851013 cve-icon cve-icon
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05054964 cve-icon cve-icon
https://issues.jboss.org/browse/JWS-219 cve-icon cve-icon
https://issues.jboss.org/browse/JWS-220 cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/37220405a377c0182d2afdbc36461c4783b2930fbeae3a17f1333113%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/39ae1f0bd5867c15755a6f959b271ade1aea04ccdc3b2e639dcd903b%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/b84ad1258a89de5c9c853c7f2d3ad77e5b8b2930be9e132d5cef6b95%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/b8a1bf18155b552dcf9a928ba808cbadad84c236d85eab3033662cfb%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r03c597a64de790ba42c167efacfa23300c3d6c9fe589ab87fe02859c%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r587e50b86c1a96ee301f751d50294072d142fd6dc08a8987ae9f3a9b%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9136ff5b13e4f1941360b5a309efee2c114a14855578c3a2cbe5d19c%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E cve-icon cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-0230 cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-0230 cve-icon
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
redhat
Published
Updated
Oct 14, 2026, 4:22 PM
Reserved
Dec 3, 2013, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Jun 7, 2015, 11:59 PM
Modified
Oct 14, 2026, 5:17 PM
Severity
Low
Public date
Jul 19, 2014, 12:00 AM