[thredds] Fwd: [SECURITY] CVE-2024-38286 Apache Tomcat - Denial of Service

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• Subject: [thredds] Fwd: [SECURITY] CVE-2024-38286 Apache Tomcat - Denial of Service
• From: Jennifer Oxelson Ganter <oxelson@xxxxxxxx>
• Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2024 08:19:52 -0600

If you are running a version of tomcat that is several revs behind the
latest release, this will apply to you.

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From: Mark Thomas <markt@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, Sep 23, 2024 at 6:57 AM
Subject: [SECURITY] CVE-2024-38286 Apache Tomcat - Denial of Service
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CVE-2024-38286 Apache Tomcat - Denial of Service

Severity: Important

Vendor: The Apache Software Foundation

Versions Affected:
Apache Tomcat 11.0.0-M1 to 11.0.0-M20
Apache Tomcat 10.1.0-M1 to 10.1.24
Apache Tomcat 9.0.13 to 9.0.89

Description:
Tomcat, under certain configurations on any platform, allows an attacker
to cause an OutOfMemoryError by abusing the TLS handshake process.

Mitigation:
Users of the affected versions should apply one of the following
mitigations:
- Upgrade to Apache Tomcat 11.0.0-M21 or later
- Upgrade to Apache Tomcat 10.1.25 or later
- Upgrade to Apache Tomcat 9.0.90 or later

Credit:
This vulnerability was reported responsibly to the Tomcat security team
by Ozaki, North Grid Corporation

History:
2024-07-03 Original advisory

References:
[1] https://tomcat.apache.org/security-11.html
[2] https://tomcat.apache.org/security-10.html
[3] https://tomcat.apache.org/security-9.html


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Jennifer Oxelson Ganter                                       NSF Unidata
Software Engineer IV                                          P.O. Box 3000
oxelson@xxxxxxxx                                       Boulder, CO 80307
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