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CVE-2023-45648

tomcat: incorrectly parsed http trailer headers can cause request smuggling

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

5.3

CVSS 3.1

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Published · October 10, 2023

Updated · October 3, 2026

Description

A flaw was found in Apache Tomcat, where an improper input validation can occur. This flaw allows a malicious user to send a crafted request containing an invalid trailer header, which could be treated as multiple requests, potentially leading to request smuggling when behind a reverse proxy.

Statement

The request smuggling is not guaranteed to have relevant information within every request and the scenario behind a reverse proxy which fails to handle the request too is necessary, hence the Moderate impact.

The Red Hat AMQ Broker team removed any tomcat dependencies in version 7.11.3. Please refer to https://errata.devel.redhat.com/advisory/121941.

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 currently available for this flaw.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 5.3
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

CWE-20 · Improper Input Validation