CVE-2013-2071

Severity: low (CVSS 2.6 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 6.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2013-06-01 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-200

Description

java/org/apache/catalina/core/AsyncContextImpl.java in Apache Tomcat 7.x before 7.0.40 does not properly handle the throwing of a RuntimeException in an AsyncListener in an application, which allows context-dependent attackers to obtain sensitive request information intended for other applications in opportunistic circumstances via an application that records the requests that it processes.

Affected products

Apache Tomcat: 7.0.0, 7.0.0-beta, 7.0.1, 7.0.2, 7.0.2-beta, 7.0.3 (+25)

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2013-05/0040.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/105855.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/105886.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/106342.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-08/msg00013.html
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=139344248911289&w=2
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/tomcat/tc7.0.x/trunk/java/org/apache/catalina/core/AsyncContextImpl.java?r1=1471372&r2=1471371&pathrev=1471372
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1471372
http://tomcat.apache.org/security-7.html
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujan2014-1972949.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/59798
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64758

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