CVE-2014-0099
Tomcat/JBossWeb: Request smuggling via malicious content length header
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 2.0
Review impact separately from score.
Published · May 27, 2014
Updated · August 5, 2026
Description
It was found that JBoss Web / Apache Tomcat did not check for overflowing values when parsing request content length headers. A remote attacker could use this flaw to perform an HTTP request smuggling attack on a JBoss Web / Apache Tomcat server located behind a reverse proxy that processed the content length header correctly.
Statement
This issue does affect JBossWeb as shipped in Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5. Red Hat Product Security has rated this issue as having Moderate security impact. Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5 is currently in reduced support phase (Phase 2: Maintenance Support), receiving only Critical and Important security updates, hence this issue is not currently planned to be addressed in future updates for Red Hat Enterprise Application Platform 5. For additional information, refer to the Red Hat JBoss Middleware and Red Hat JBoss Operations Network Product Update and Support Policy: https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/jboss_notes/ and the Issue Severity Classification: https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/.
CVSS score applicability
The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.
Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 2.0 · 5.8AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
CWE-190 · Integer Overflow or Wraparound