Description

If Apache Tomcat 8.5.0 to 8.5.82, 9.0.0-M1 to 9.0.67, 10.0.0-M1 to 10.0.26 or 10.1.0-M1 to 10.1.0 was configured to ignore invalid HTTP headers via setting rejectIllegalHeader to false (the default for 8.5.x only), Tomcat did not reject a request containing an invalid Content-Length header making a request smuggling attack possible if Tomcat was located behind a reverse proxy that also failed to reject the request with the invalid header.

Mitigation

We recommend upgrading to a version of this component that is not vulnerable to this specific issue.

Note: If this component is included as a bundled/transitive dependency of another component, there may not be an upgrade path. In this instance, we recommend contacting the maintainers who included the vulnerable package. Alternatively, we recommend investigating alternative components or a potential mitigating control.

Related links:

• http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2022-42252

• https://lists.apache.org/thread/zzcxzvqfdqn515zfs3dxb7n8gty589sq

• https://tomcat.apache.org/security-10.html

• https://tomcat.apache.org/security-8.html

• https://tomcat.apache.org/security-9.html

• https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-p22x-g9px-3945