CVE-2024-38286

Description

Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling vulnerability in Apache Tomcat. This issue affects Apache Tomcat: from 11.0.0 through 11.0.0, from 10.1.0 through 10.1.24, from 9.0.13 through 9.0.89. The following versions were EOL at the time the CVE was created but are known to be affected: 8.5.35 through 8.5.100 and 7.0.92 through 7.0.109. Other EOL versions may also be affected. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 11.0.0, 10.1.25, or 9.0.90, which fixes the issue. Apache Tomcat, under certain configurations on any platform, allows an attacker to cause an OutOfMemoryError by abusing the TLS handshake process.

How to fix CVE-2024-38286

To remediate CVE-2024-38286, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.

• —upgrade to 11.0.0-M21 or later
• —upgrade to 11.0.0-M21 or later

Is CVE-2024-38286 being exploited?

Low — EPSS is 1.7%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.

Affected packages (2)

• >= 11.0.0-M1, < 11.0.0-M21
• >= 11.0.0-M1, < 11.0.0-M21

CVSS scores

References (9)

• ADVISORYnvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-38286
• PATCHgithub.com/apache/tomcat
• WEBwww.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/09/23/2
• WEBgithub.com/apache/tomcat/commit/3197862639732e16ec1164557bcd289ebc116c93