6.5
MEDIUM
CVE-2014-9720
Apache Tornado BREACH-Style CSRF Token Disclosure
Description

Tornado before 3.2.2 sends arbitrary responses that contain a fixed CSRF token and may be sent with HTTP compression, which makes it easier for remote attackers to conduct a BREACH attack and determine this token via a series of crafted requests.

INFO

Published Date :

Jan. 24, 2020, 6:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Jan. 28, 2020, 4:42 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

2.8
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2014-9720 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Tornadoweb tornado
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2014-9720.

URL Resource
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/05/19/4 Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.tornadoweb.org/en/stable/releases/v3.2.2.html Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=930362 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1222816 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/tornadoweb/tornado/commit/1c36307463b1e8affae100bf9386948e6c1b2308 Patch

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2014-9720 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jan. 28, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 Metadata Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
    Changed Reference Type http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/05/19/4 No Types Assigned http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/05/19/4 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.tornadoweb.org/en/stable/releases/v3.2.2.html No Types Assigned http://www.tornadoweb.org/en/stable/releases/v3.2.2.html Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=930362 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=930362 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1222816 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1222816 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/tornadoweb/tornado/commit/1c36307463b1e8affae100bf9386948e6c1b2308 No Types Assigned https://github.com/tornadoweb/tornado/commit/1c36307463b1e8affae100bf9386948e6c1b2308 Patch
    Added CWE NIST CWE-203
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:tornadoweb:tornado:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 3.2.2
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CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.48 }} 0.20%

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0.72372

percentile

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