| Name | CVE-2023-46589 |
| Description | Improper Input Validation vulnerability in Apache Tomcat.Tomcat from 11.0.0-M1 through 11.0.0-M10, from 10.1.0-M1 through 10.1.15, from 9.0.0-M1 through 9.0.82 and from 8.5.0 through 8.5.95 did not correctly parse HTTP trailer headers. A trailer header that exceeded the header size limit could cause Tomcat to treat a single request as multiple requests leading to the possibility of request smuggling when behind a reverse proxy. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 11.0.0-M11Â onwards, 10.1.16 onwards, 9.0.83 onwards or 8.5.96 onwards, which fix the issue. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-3707-1, DSA-5665-1, DSA-5667-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 1057082 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| tomcat10 (PTS) | bookworm | 10.1.6-1+deb12u2 | fixed |
| bookworm (security) | 10.1.34-0+deb12u1 | fixed | |
| sid, trixie | 10.1.34-1 | fixed | |
| tomcat9 (PTS) | bullseye | 9.0.43-2~deb11u10 | fixed |
| bullseye (security) | 9.0.43-2~deb11u11 | fixed | |
| bookworm | 9.0.70-2 | fixed | |
| sid, trixie | 9.0.95-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| tomcat10 | source | bookworm | 10.1.6-1+deb12u2 | DSA-5665-1 | ||
| tomcat10 | source | (unstable) | 10.1.16-1 | 1057082 | ||
| tomcat8 | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | |||
| tomcat9 | source | buster | 9.0.31-1~deb10u11 | DLA-3707-1 | ||
| tomcat9 | source | bullseye | 9.0.43-2~deb11u10 | DSA-5667-1 | ||
| tomcat9 | source | (unstable) | 9.0.70-2 |
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/11/28/2
https://github.com/apache/tomcat/commit/b5776d769bffeade865061bc8ecbeb2b56167b08 (10.1.16)
https://github.com/apache/tomcat/commit/7a2d8818fcea0b51747a67af9510ce7977245ebd (9.0.83)
Starting with 9.0.70-2 Tomcat9 no longer ships the server stack, using that as the fixed version