# CVE-2017-5650: In Apache Tomcat 9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.0.M18 and 8.5.0 to 8.5.12, the handling of an HTTP/2 GOAWAY frame for a connection did not close streams as

- Also known as: GHSA-9785-W233-X6HV
- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 9.0.0.M19, 8.5.13
- Published: 2017-04-17 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- Apache Software Foundation Apache Tomcat: 9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.0.M18, 8.5.0 to 8.5.12
- org.apache.tomcat:tomcat (Maven): from 9.0.0.M1, fixed in 9.0.0.M19
- org.apache.tomcat:tomcat (Maven): from 8.5.0, fixed in 8.5.13

## Description

In Apache Tomcat 9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.0.M18 and 8.5.0 to 8.5.12, the handling of an HTTP/2 GOAWAY frame for a connection did not close streams associated with that connection that were currently waiting for a WINDOW_UPDATE before allowing the application to write more data. These waiting streams each consumed a thread. A malicious client could therefore construct a series of HTTP/2 requests that would consume all available processing threads.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Apache Software Foundation Apache Tomcat, org.apache.tomcat:tomcat, upgrade to a fixed version (9.0.0.M19, 8.5.13) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97531
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-09
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180614-0001/
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038217
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/d24303fb095db072740d8154b0f0db3f2b8f67bc91a0562dbe89c738%40%3Cannounce.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2017-3236622.html
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/eb6efa8d59c45a7a9eff94c4b925467d3b3fec8ba7697f3daa314b04%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/343558d982879bf88ec20dbf707f8c11255f8e219e81d45c4f8d0551%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/b5e3f51d28cd5d9b1809f56594f2cf63dcd6a90429e16ea9f83bbedc%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/88855876c33f2f9c532ffb75bfee570ccf0b17ffa77493745af9a17a%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/6af47120905aa7d8fe12f42e8ff2284fb338ba141d3b77b8c7cb61b3%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r3bbb800a816d0a51eccc5a228c58736960a9fffafa581a225834d97d%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r48c1444845fe15a823e1374674bfc297d5008a5453788099ea14caf0%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E

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