Vulnerability in Apache Tomcat (CVE-2021-41079)
Summary
Vulnerability in Apache Tomcat (CVE-2021-41079). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
Apache Tomcat 8.5.0 to 8.5.63, 9.0.0 to 9.0.43 and 10.0.0 to 10.0.2 did not properly validate incoming TLS packets. When Tomcat was configured to use NIO+OpenSSL or NIO2+OpenSSL for TLS, a specially crafted packet could be used to trigger an infinite loop resulting in a denial of service.
Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) NVD GitHub Advisory OSV
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2021-41079 has been found in Apache Tomcat.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. CVSS score: 7.5/10.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Apache Tomcat CVE-2021-41079" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2021-41079 (Apache Tomcat) — CWE-20 / CVSS v3 7.5
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / unauthenticated / no user interaction
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
A vulnerability (CWE-20) exists in Apache Tomcat.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of Apache Tomcat.
Severity: High (CVSS 7.5/10). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run grep -r 'Tomcat' . against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
grep -r 'Tomcat' . | grep -v node_modulesリポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で
Tomcatを grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。 -
2Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
Affected packages
Fix status by distribution
Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE
- Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2021-41079 tomcat9 Fixed in: 9.0.53-1
References
- advisory lists.apache.org
- advisory lists.debian.org
- advisory security.netapp.com
- advisory debian.org
- web lists.apache.org
- web lists.apache.org
- web nvd.nist.gov