Denial of service via incomplete network protection
Published May 12, 2022 · Updated Aug 3, 2024
Uncontrolled resource consumption in Apache Tomcat EncryptInterceptor documentation allows remote attackers to interrupt clustering over untrusted networks. The documentation incorrectly claimed that EncryptInterceptor made clustering safe on an untrusted network, although its confidentiality and integrity controls do not prevent denial-of-service traffic. The condition requires clustering to rely on EncryptInterceptor across an untrusted network; the documented impact is service interruption rather than data disclosure or modification.
Summary
What happened
Uncontrolled resource consumption in Apache Tomcat EncryptInterceptor documentation allows remote attackers to interrupt clustering over untrusted networks. The documentation incorrectly claimed that EncryptInterceptor made clustering safe on an untrusted network, although its confidentiality and integrity controls do not prevent denial-of-service traffic. The condition requires clustering to rely on EncryptInterceptor across an untrusted network; the documented impact is service interruption rather than data disclosure or modification.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2022-29885
- Published
- May 12, 2022
- Updated
- Aug 3, 2024
- Vendor
- The Apache Software Foundation
- Product
- Apache Tomcat
- Classifications
- CWE-400, T1499
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- May 12, 2022CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 3, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=Apache Tomcat 10 10.0.0-M1 to 10.0.20
- Affected versionversion=Apache Tomcat 10.1 10.1.0-M1 to 10.1.0-M14
- Affected versionversion=Apache Tomcat 8.5 8.5.38 to 8.5.78
- Affected versionversion=Apache Tomcat 9 9.0.13 to 9.0.62
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