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High severity · published Mar 14, 2017
CVE-2016-8747
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
7.5
CVSS
7.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)7.1% · higher than 94% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
TO
Tomcat · Apache
8.5.7 before 8.5.10; 9.0.0; 9.0.0; 9.0.0; 9.0.0; 9.0.0 · source: NVD
OI
Oncommand Insight · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
OS
Oncommand Shift · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
Affected product
TO
Tomcat
Apache
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8747
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-8747
Issue Tracking
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1774161
Issue Tracking
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1774166
Release Notes
http://tomcat.apache.org/security-8.html
Release Notes
http://tomcat.apache.org/security-9.html
Broken Link
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96895
Patch
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/343558d982879bf88ec20dbf707f8c11255f8e219e81d45c4f8d0551%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
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