CVE-2019-10072 · cross-distro fix matrix

CVE-2019-10072: The fix for CVE-2019-0199 was incomplete and did not address HTTP/2 connection window exhaustion on write in Apache Tomcat versions 9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.19 and 8.5.0 to 8.5.40 . By not sending WINDOW_UPDATE messages for the connection window (stream 0) clients were able to cause server-side threads to bl

Affects 3 Linux releases across 3 (distro × package) combinations.

Elevated exploitation risk

FIRST EPSS puts CVE-2019-10072's probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 73% (99th percentile of all CVEs)— well above the noise floor. Prioritize it.

EPSS:73% · 30-day exploit probability99th percentile

Fix per ecosystem

Each block below is a distro release where CVE-2019-10072 has a known fix. Run the listed command on that distro to remediate.

Debian bullseye

Source: Debian Security Tracker

tomcat9→ fixed in9.0.22-1urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y tomcat9
```

Debian bookworm

Source: Debian Security Tracker

tomcat9→ fixed in9.0.22-1urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y tomcat9
```

Debian trixie

Source: Debian Security Tracker

tomcat9→ fixed in9.0.22-1urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y tomcat9
```

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