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CVE-2014-9720 Detail

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.


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Hyperlink Resource
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/05/19/4 Mailing List  Patch  Third Party Advisory 
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 
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.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://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1222816 Issue Tracking  Patch  Third Party Advisory 
https://github.com/tornadoweb/tornado/commit/1c36307463b1e8affae100bf9386948e6c1b2308 Patch 
https://github.com/tornadoweb/tornado/commit/1c36307463b1e8affae100bf9386948e6c1b2308 Patch 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-203 Observable Discrepancy cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2014-9720
NVD Published Date:
01/24/2020
NVD Last Modified:
11/20/2024
Source:
MITRE