CVE-2024-24549
Apache Tomcat: HTTP/2 header handling DoS
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 7.5 High
- Published
- Mar 13, 2024
- Updated
- Oct 29, 2025
- Reserved
- Jan 25, 2024
Description
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.This issue affects Apache Tomcat: from 11.0.0-M1 through 11.0.0-M16, from 10.1.0-M1 through 10.1.18, from 9.0.0-M1 through 9.0.85, from 8.5.0 through 8.5.98. Other, older, EOL versions may also be affected.
Users are recommended to upgrade to version 11.0.0-M17, 10.1.19, 9.0.86 or 8.5.99 which fix the issue.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 7.5 High | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H | CISA-ADP |
Weaknesses
- CWE-20 Improper Input Validation
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
Apache TomcatApache Software Foundation |
|
References
- https://lists.apache.org/thread/4c50rmomhbbsdgfjsgwlb51xdwfjdcvgvendor-advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240402-0002/
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/04/msg00001.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/03/13/3
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/736G4GPZWS2DSQO5WKXO3G6OMZKFEK55/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3UWIS5MMGYDZBLJYT674ZI5AWFHDZ46B/
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