CVE-2020-11996
Vulnerability Summary
Timeline
Description
A specially crafted sequence of HTTP/2 requests sent to Apache Tomcat 10.0.0-M1 to 10.0.0-M5, 9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.35 and 8.5.0 to 8.5.55 could trigger high CPU usage for several seconds. If a sufficient number of such requests were made on concurrent HTTP/2 connections, the server could become unresponsive.
CVSS Metrics
- v3.1•HIGH•Score: 7.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- v2.0•MEDIUM•Score: 5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
EPSS Trends
Current EPSS score: 45.12%• Percentile: 98%
Affected Systems
- apache•apache tomcat
10.0.0-M1 to 10.0.0-M5 | 9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.35 | 8.5.0 to 8.5.55
- Unknown•Tomcat
≥ 8.5.0, ≤ 8.5.55 | ≥ 9.0.0, ≤ 9.0.35 | 9.0.0:milestone1 | 9.0.0:milestone10 | 9.0.0:milestone11 | 9.0.0:milestone12 | 9.0.0:milestone13 | 9.0.0:milestone14 | 9.0.0:milestone15 | 9.0.0:milestone16 | 9.0.0:milestone17 | 9.0.0:milestone18 | 9.0.0:milestone19 | 9.0.0:milestone2 | 9.0.0:milestone20 | 9.0.0:milestone21 | 9.0.0:milestone22 | 9.0.0:milestone23 | 9.0.0:milestone24 | 9.0.0:milestone25 | 9.0.0:milestone26 | 9.0.0:milestone27 | 9.0.0:milestone3 | 9.0.0:milestone4 | 9.0.0:milestone5 | 9.0.0:milestone6 | 9.0.0:milestone7 | 9.0.0:milestone8 | 9.0.0:milestone9 | 10.0.0:milestone1 | 10.0.0:milestone2 | 10.0.0:milestone3 | 10.0.0:milestone4 | 10.0.0:milestone5
- canonical•ubuntu_linux
20.04
- debian•debian_linux
9.0 | 10.0
- org.apache.tomcat•tomcat
≥ 10.0.0-M1, < 10.0.0-M5 | ≥ 9.0.0.M1, < 9.0.35 | ≥ 8.5.0, < 8.5.55
- netapp•oncommand_system_manager
3.0 | 3.1.3
- opensuse•leap
15.1 | 15.2
- oracle•mysql_enterprise_monitor
≤ 8.0.21
- oracle•siebel_ui_framework
≤ 20.12
- oracle•workload_manager
12.2.0.1 | 18c | 19c
References (49)
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r5541ef6b6b68b49f76fc4c45695940116da2bcbe0312ef204a00a2e0%40%3Cannounce.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ra7092f7492569b39b04ec0decf52628ba86c51f15efb38f5853e2760%40%3Cnotifications.ofbiz.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb4ee49ecc4c59620ffd5e66e84a17e526c2c3cfa95d0cd682d90d338%40%3Cnotifications.ofbiz.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb820f1a2a02bf07414be12c653c2ab5321fd87b9bf6c5e635c53ff4b%40%3Cnotifications.ofbiz.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r8f7484589454638af527182ae55ef5b628ba00c05c5b11887c922fb1%40%3Cnotifications.ofbiz.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r74f5a8204efe574cbfcd95b2a16236fe95beb45c4d9fee3dc789dca9%40%3Ccommits.ofbiz.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rea65d6ef2e45dd1c45faae83922042732866c7b88fa109b76c83db52%40%3Cnotifications.ofbiz.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rc80b96b4b96618b2b7461cb90664a428cfd6605eea9f74e51b792542%40%3Cnotifications.ofbiz.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r93ca628ef3a4530dfe5ac49fddc795f0920a4b2a408b57a30926a42b%40%3Ccommits.ofbiz.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r8f3d416c193bc9384a8a7dd368623d441f5fcaff1057115008100561%40%3Ccommits.ofbiz.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9ad911fe49450ed9405827af0e7a74104041081ff91864b1f2546bbd%40%3Cnotifications.ofbiz.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ref0339792ac6dac1dba83c071a727ad72380899bde60f6aaad4031b9%40%3Cnotifications.ofbiz.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r6c29801370a36c1a5159679269777ad0c73276d3015b8bbefea66e5c%40%3Cnotifications.ofbiz.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r3ea96d8f36dd404acce83df8aeb22a9e807d6c13ca9c5dec72f872cd%40%3Cnotifications.ofbiz.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/07/msg00010.html
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4727
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00064.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00072.html
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r2529016c311ce9485e6f173446d469600fdfbb94dccadfcd9dfdac79%40%3Cusers.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200709-0002/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4596-1/
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2021.html
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r5a4f80a6acc6607d61dae424b643b594c6188dd4e1eff04705c10db2%40%3Cnotifications.ofbiz.apache.org%3E
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-11996
- https://github.com/apache/tomcat/commit/9434a44d3449d620b1be70206819f8275b4a7509
- https://github.com/apache/tomcat/commit/9a0231683a77e2957cea0fdee88b193b30b0c976
- https://github.com/apache/tomcat/commit/c8acd2ab7371e39aeca7c306f3b5380f00afe552
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb820f1a2a02bf07414be12c653c2ab5321fd87b9bf6c5e635c53ff4b@%3Cnotifications.ofbiz.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rc80b96b4b96618b2b7461cb90664a428cfd6605eea9f74e51b792542@%3Cnotifications.ofbiz.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rea65d6ef2e45dd1c45faae83922042732866c7b88fa109b76c83db52@%3Cnotifications.ofbiz.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ref0339792ac6dac1dba83c071a727ad72380899bde60f6aaad4031b9@%3Cnotifications.ofbiz.apache.org%3E
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200709-0002
- https://tomcat.apache.org/security-10.html
- https://tomcat.apache.org/security-8.html
- https://tomcat.apache.org/security-9.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4596-1
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb4ee49ecc4c59620ffd5e66e84a17e526c2c3cfa95d0cd682d90d338@%3Cnotifications.ofbiz.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ra7092f7492569b39b04ec0decf52628ba86c51f15efb38f5853e2760@%3Cnotifications.ofbiz.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9ad911fe49450ed9405827af0e7a74104041081ff91864b1f2546bbd@%3Cnotifications.ofbiz.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r93ca628ef3a4530dfe5ac49fddc795f0920a4b2a408b57a30926a42b@%3Ccommits.ofbiz.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r8f7484589454638af527182ae55ef5b628ba00c05c5b11887c922fb1@%3Cnotifications.ofbiz.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r8f3d416c193bc9384a8a7dd368623d441f5fcaff1057115008100561@%3Ccommits.ofbiz.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r74f5a8204efe574cbfcd95b2a16236fe95beb45c4d9fee3dc789dca9@%3Ccommits.ofbiz.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r6c29801370a36c1a5159679269777ad0c73276d3015b8bbefea66e5c@%3Cnotifications.ofbiz.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r5a4f80a6acc6607d61dae424b643b594c6188dd4e1eff04705c10db2@%3Cnotifications.ofbiz.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r3ea96d8f36dd404acce83df8aeb22a9e807d6c13ca9c5dec72f872cd@%3Cnotifications.ofbiz.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r2529016c311ce9485e6f173446d469600fdfbb94dccadfcd9dfdac79@%3Cusers.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://github.com/apache/tomcat