[SECURITY] CVE-2024-54677 Apache Tomcat - DoS in examples web application

[Mark Thomas <ma...@apache.org>]

CVE-2024-54677 Apache Tomcat - DoS in examples web application

Severity: Low

Vendor: The Apache Software Foundation

Versions Affected:
Apache Tomcat 11.0.0-M1 to 11.0.1
Apache Tomcat 10.1.0-M1 to 10.1.33
Apache Tomcat 9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.97

Description:
Numerous examples in the examples web application did not place limits 
on uploaded data enabling an OutOfMemoryError to be triggered causing a 
denial of service. Note that by default, the examples web application is 
only accessible to localhost.

Mitigation:
Users of the affected versions should apply one of the following
mitigations:
- Upgrade to Apache Tomcat 11.0.2 or later
- Upgrade to Apache Tomcat 10.1.34 or later
- Upgrade to Apache Tomcat 9.0.98 or later

Credit:
The initial vulnerability was identified by Elysee Franchuk with 
additional issues identified by the Tomcat security team.

History:
2024-12-17 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