National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2007-6286

Overview

Apache Tomcat 5.5.11 through 5.5.25 and 6.0.0 through 6.0.15, when the native APR connector is used, does not properly handle an empty request to the SSL port, which allows remote attackers to trigger handling of "a duplicate copy of one of the recent requests," as demonstrated by using netcat to send the empty request.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

Vendor Statements (disclaimer)

Official Statement from Red Hat (04/17/2008)

Not Vulnerable. Red Hat does not ship a version of Apache Tomcat that enables the native APR connector.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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External Source: FEDORA

Name: FEDORA-2008-1603

Hyperlink:https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00460.html

External Source: FEDORA

Name: FEDORA-2008-1467

Hyperlink:https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00315.html

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2009-3316

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3316

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2008-2780

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2780

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2008-1856

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1856/references

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2008-0488

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0488

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html

Hyperlink:http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0010.html

Hyperlink:http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0010.html

External Source: BID

Name: 31681

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31681

External Source: BUGTRAQ

Name: 20091120 VMSA-2009-0016 VMware vCenter and ESX update release and vMA patch release address multiple security issue in third party components

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/507985/100/0/threaded

External Source: BUGTRAQ

Name: 20080208 [SECURITY] CVE-2007-6286: Tomcat duplicate request processing vulnerability

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/487823/100/0/threaded

External Source: MANDRIVA

Name: MDVSA-2009:136

Hyperlink:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:136

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://tomcat.apache.org/security-6.html

Hyperlink:http://tomcat.apache.org/security-6.html

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://tomcat.apache.org/security-5.html

Hyperlink:http://tomcat.apache.org/security-5.html

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3216

Hyperlink:http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3216

External Source: SREASON

Name: 3637

Hyperlink:http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3637

External Source: GENTOO

Name: GLSA-200804-10

Hyperlink:http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-10.xml

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 37460

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/37460

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 32222

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/32222

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 30676

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/30676

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 29711

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/29711

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 28915

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/28915

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 28878

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/28878

External Source: SUSE

Name: SUSE-SR:2009:004

Hyperlink:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00002.html

External Source: APPLE

Name: APPLE-SA-2008-10-09

Hyperlink:http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Oct/msg00001.html