Apache Tomcat 4.1.24/5.0.19 Application Firewall coyote/1.1 cross site scripting

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A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Apache Tomcat 4.1.24/5.0.19 (Application Server Software). Affected is some unknown functionality of the file coyote/1.1 of the component Application Firewall. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-80. The product receives input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special characters such as "<", ">", and "&" that could be interpreted as web-scripting elements when they are sent to a downstream component that processes web pages. This is going to have an impact on integrity. CVE summarizes:

Jakarta Tomcat 5.0.19 (Coyote/1.1) and Tomcat 4.1.24 (Coyote/1.0) allows remote attackers to poison the web cache, bypass web application firewall protection, and conduct XSS attacks via an HTTP request with both a "Transfer-Encoding: chunked" header and a Content-Length header, which causes Tomcat to incorrectly handle and forward the body of the request in a way that causes the receiving server to process it as a separate HTTP request, aka "HTTP Request Smuggling."

The bug was discovered 06/06/2005. The weakness was published 07/05/2005 by DiGiT with Secunia Research (Website). The advisory is available at watchfire.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2005-2090 since 06/30/2005. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit. This vulnerability is assigned to T1059.007 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 29 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 17727 (Apache Tomcat 5.0.x <= 5.0.30 / 5.5.x < 5.5.23 Content-Length HTTP Request Smuggling), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Web Servers and running in the context r. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 165709 (SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update (SUSE-SR:2008:005)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 2 years after the disclosure of the vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 3543.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (48211) and Tenable (17727). Similar entries are available at 1096, 1652, 1867 and 3071.

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Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-80 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Nessus ID: 17727
Nessus Name: Apache Tomcat 5.0.x <= 5.0.30 / 5.5.x < 5.5.23 Content-Length HTTP Request Smuggling
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OpenVAS ID: 58826
OpenVAS Name: FreeBSD Ports: apache-tomcat
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Vendor: apache.org

Advisory: watchfire.com
Researcher: DiGiT
Organization: Secunia Research
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2005-2090 (🔍)
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X-Force: 48211
SecurityTracker: 1014365
Vulnerability Center: 8801 - Apache Tomcat 5.0.19 and 4.1.24 HTTP Request Smuggling Attack, Medium
SecurityFocus: 25159 - Apple Mac OS X 2007-007 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 26235 - Mac OS X Security Update Fixes Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 43452 - CVE-2005-2090 - Apache - Tomcat - HTTP Request Smuggling Issue
Vupen: ADV-2007-2732

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Created: 03/11/2015 11:41
Updated: 06/08/2019 07:19
Changes: 03/11/2015 11:41 (83), 06/08/2019 07:19 (13)
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