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01 Record

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

UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: apache
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector

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
  • CWE-295Improper Certificate ValidationBase
  • CWE-299Improper Check for Certificate RevocationBase
Data version
5.1
Document digest
d40653dab3a90b9a8880243752e9f710f69243bb6a208e82c31e50c8331a3754

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
Apache Software FoundationApache Tomcat Native1.2.0 to 1.2.14, 1.1.23 to 1.1.34—

06 References

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.

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