Bug 1981540 (CVE-2021-30639) - CVE-2021-30639 tomcat: non-blocking I/O error flag is not reset between requests
Summary: CVE-2021-30639 tomcat: non-blocking I/O error flag is not reset between requests
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Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: CVE-2021-30639
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 1981541
Blocks: 1981546
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Reported: 2021-07-12 18:59 UTC by Guilherme de Almeida Suckevicz
Modified: 2024-03-20 12:26 UTC (History)
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Fixed In Version: tomcat 10.0.5, tomcat 9.0.45, tomcat 8.5.65
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A flaw was found in Apache Tomcat. This flaw allows an attacker to remotely trigger a denial of service. An error introduced as part of a change to improve error handling during non-blocking I/O meant that the error flag associated with the Request object was not reset between requests. This means that once a non-blocking I/O error occurred, all future requests handled by that request object would fail. Users can trigger non-blocking I/O errors (ex. by dropping a connection), creating the possibility of triggering a denial of service. Applications that do not use non-blocking I/O are not exposed to this vulnerability. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.
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Last Closed: 2021-07-29 07:06:49 UTC
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Description Guilherme de Almeida Suckevicz 2021-07-12 18:59:53 UTC
A vulnerability in Apache Tomcat allows an attacker to remotely trigger a denial of service. An error introduced as part of a change to improve error handling during non-blocking I/O meant that the error flag associated with the Request object was not reset between requests. This meant that once a non-blocking I/O error occurred, all future requests handled by that request object would fail. Users were able to trigger non-blocking I/O errors, e.g. by dropping a connection, thereby creating the possibility of triggering a DoS. Applications that do not use non-blocking I/O are not exposed to this vulnerability. This issue affects Apache Tomcat 10.0.3 to 10.0.4; 9.0.44; 8.5.64.

Reference:
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rd84fae1f474597bdf358f5bdc0a5c453c507bd527b83e8be6b5ea3f4%40%3Cannounce.tomcat.apache.org%3E

Comment 1 Guilherme de Almeida Suckevicz 2021-07-12 19:00:22 UTC
Created tomcat tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1981541]

Comment 5 Product Security DevOps Team 2021-07-29 07:06:49 UTC
This bug is now closed. Further updates for individual products will be reflected on the CVE page(s):

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2021-30639


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