CVE-2019-10072 — HIGH (7.5)

Q: How severe is CVE-2019-10072?

CVE-2019-10072 has been rated HIGH with a CVSS base score of 7.5/10. Review the CVSS metrics above for detailed severity breakdown.

Q: Is there a patch for CVE-2019-10072?

Check the references section above for vendor advisories and patch information. Affected products include: Apache Tomcat.

Vulnerability Description

The fix for CVE-2019-0199 was incomplete and did not address HTTP/2 connection window exhaustion on write in Apache Tomcat versions 9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.19 and 8.5.0 to 8.5.40 . By not sending WINDOW_UPDATE messages for the connection window (stream 0) clients were able to cause server-side threads to block eventually leading to thread exhaustion and a DoS.

CVSS Score

7.5

HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality

NONE

Integrity

NONE

Availability

HIGH

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Apache	Tomcat	>= 8.5.0, <= 8.5.40

Related Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-667

References

FAQ

What is CVE-2019-10072?

CVE-2019-10072 is a vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.5 (HIGH). The fix for CVE-2019-0199 was incomplete and did not address HTTP/2 connection window exhaustion on write in Apache Tomcat versions 9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.19 and 8.5.0 to 8.5.40 . By not sending WINDOW_UPDAT...

How severe is CVE-2019-10072?

CVE-2019-10072 has been rated HIGH with a CVSS base score of 7.5/10. Review the CVSS metrics above for detailed severity breakdown.

Is there a patch for CVE-2019-10072?

Check the references section above for vendor advisories and patch information. Affected products include: Apache Tomcat.