CVE-2019-0199
Publication date 10 April 2019
Last updated 25 August 2025
Ubuntu priority
Description
The HTTP/2 implementation in Apache Tomcat 9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.14 and 8.5.0 to 8.5.37 accepted streams with excessive numbers of SETTINGS frames and also permitted clients to keep streams open without reading/writing request/response data. By keeping streams open for requests that utilised the Servlet API's blocking I/O, clients were able to cause server-side threads to block eventually leading to thread exhaustion and a DoS.
Status
| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
| tomcat8 | ||
| 18.04 LTS bionic |
Fixed 8.5.39-1ubuntu1~18.04.1
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| 16.04 LTS xenial |
Not affected
|
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| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
| tomcat9 | ||
| 18.04 LTS bionic |
Not affected
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| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score |
7.5 · High
|
| Attack vector | Network |
| Attack complexity | Low |
| Privileges required | None |
| User interaction | None |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | None |
| Integrity impact | None |
| Availability impact | High |
| Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |