CVE-2017-15698
When parsing the AIA-Extension field of a client certificate, Apache Tomcat Native Connector 1.2.0 to 1.2.14 and 1.1.23 to 1.1.34 did not correctly handle fields longer than 127 bytes. The result of
02 Description
When parsing the AIA-Extension field of a client certificate, Apache Tomcat Native Connector 1.2.0 to 1.2.14 and 1.1.23 to 1.1.34 did not correctly handle fields longer than 127 bytes. The result of
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 3.52% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 88.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 5.9 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2018-01-31 14:00Z8 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-09-16 16:12Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2017-10-21
- Assigning CNA
- apache
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- d40653dab3a90b9a8880243752e9f710f69243bb6a208e82c31e50c8331a3754
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.debian.orgDSA-4118https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4118
- lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20180211 [SECURITY] [DLA 1276-1] tomcat-native security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/02/msg00011.html
- access.redhat.comRHSA-2018:0465https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0465
- www.securitytracker.com1040390http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040390
- lists.apache.org[announce] 20180131 [SECURITY] CVE-2017-15698 Apache Tomcat Native Connector - OCSP check omittedhttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/6eb0a53e5827d97db1a05c736d01101fec21202a5b8fc77bb0eaaed8%40%3Cannounce.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- access.redhat.comRHSA-2018:0466https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0466
- lists.apache.org[tomcat-dev] 20190319 svn commit: r1855831 [26/30] - in /tomcat/site/trunk: ./ docs/ xdocs/https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ba661b0edd913b39ff129a32d855620dd861883ade05fd88a8ce517d%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- lists.apache.org[tomcat-dev] 20190325 svn commit: r1856174 [26/29] - in /tomcat/site/trunk: docs/ xdocs/ xdocs/stylesheets/https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/f8e0814e11c7f21f42224b6de111cb3f5e5ab5c15b78924c516d4ec2%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- lists.apache.org[tomcat-dev] 20200203 svn commit: r1873527 [26/30] - /tomcat/site/trunk/docs/https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf8e8c091182b45daa50d3557cad9b10bb4198e3f08cf8f1c66a1b08d%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- lists.apache.org[tomcat-dev] 20200213 svn commit: r1873980 [31/34] - /tomcat/site/trunk/docs/https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/re3b72cbb13e1dfe85c4a06959a3b6ca6d939b407ecca80db12b54220%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- tomcat-native Fixed in 1.2.16-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- tomcat-native Fixed in 1.2.16-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- tomcat-native Fixed in 1.2.16-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- tomcat-native No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.