CVE-2023-42794

MEDIUM

Apache Tomcat 8.5.85-8.5.93 and 9.0.70-9.0.80 - Denial of Service via Unclosed File Stream

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Incomplete Cleanup vulnerability in Apache Tomcat. The internal fork of Commons FileUpload packaged with Apache Tomcat 9.0.70 through 9.0.80 and 8.5.85 through 8.5.93 included an unreleased, in progress refactoring that exposed a potential denial of service on Windows if a web application opened a stream for an uploaded file but failed to close the stream. The file would never be deleted from disk creating the possibility of an eventual denial of service due to the disk being full. Other, EOL versions may also be affected. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 9.0.81 onwards or 8.5.94 onwards, which fixes the issue.

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/10/8
Mailing List, Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread/vvbr2ms7lockj1hlhz5q3wmxb2mwcw82

Scores

CVSS v3 5.9
EPSS 0.0185
EPSS Percentile 76.3%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-459
Status published
Products (2)
apache/tomcat 8.5.85 - 8.5.94
org.apache.tomcat/tomcat-coyote 9.0.70 - 9.0.81Maven
Published Oct 10, 2023
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026