CVE-2016-6816

The code in Apache Tomcat 9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.0.M11, 8.5.0 to 8.5.6, 8.0.0.RC1 to 8.0.38, 7.0.0 to 7.0.72, and 6.0.0 to 6.0.47 that parsed the HTTP request line permitted invalid characters. This could be exploited, in conjunction with a proxy that also permitted the invalid characters but with a different interpretation, to inject data into the HTTP response. By manipulating the HTTP response the attacker could poison a web-cache, perform an XSS attack and/or obtain sensitive information from requests other then their own.

Affected products

Alt Linux, Apache Tomcat, Centos, Red Hat, Suse, Ubuntu

Apache Tomcat

= 6.0.0, 6.0.1, 6.0.2, 6.0.3, 6.0.4, 6.0.5, 6.0.6, 6.0.7, 6.0.8, 6.0.9, 6.0.10, 6.0.11, 6.0.12, 6.0.13, 6.0.14, 6.0.15, 6.0.16, 6.0.17, 6.0.18, 6.0.19, 6.0.20, 6.0.21, 6.0.22, 6.0.23, 6.0.24, 6.0.25, 6.0.26, 6.0.27, 6.0.28, 6.0.29, 6.0.30, 6.0.31, 6.0.32, 6.0.33, 6.0.34, 6.0.35, 6.0.36, 6.0.37, 6.0.38, 6.0.39

Fix

Available

CVSS 3.0

7.1 HIGH

EPSS

47.4% (99th percentile)

Weakness

CWE-20

NVD status

Modified

Published

2017-03-20