CVE-2018-8037 — Race Condition in Apache Tomcat
Severity
5.9MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
8.4%
top 7.64%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedAug 2
Latest updateApr 11
Description
If an async request was completed by the application at the same time as the container triggered the async timeout, a race condition existed that could result in a user seeing a response intended for a different user. An additional issue was present in the NIO and NIO2 connectors that did not correctly track the closure of the connection when an async request was completed by the application and timed out by the container at the same time. This could also result in a user seeing a response inten…
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:NExploitability: 2.2 | Impact: 3.6
Affected Packages2 packages
Also affects: Debian Linux 9.0
Patches
🔴Vulnerability Details
6CVEList▶
CVE-2018-8037: If an async request was completed by the application at the same time as the container triggered the async timeout, a race condition existed that coul↗2018-08-02
📋Vendor Advisories
3💬Community
3Bugzilla▶
CVE-2018-8037 tomcat: Due to a mishandling of close in NIO/NIO2 connectors user sessions can get mixed up↗2018-07-23
Bugzilla▶
CVE-2018-8037 tomcat: Due to a mishandling of close in NIO/NIO2 connectors user sessions can get mixed up [fedora-all]↗2018-07-23
Bugzilla▶
CVE-2018-8037 tomcat: Due to a mishandling of close in NIO/NIO2 connectors user sessions can get mixed up [epel-all]↗2018-07-23