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.
CVE-2014-9720
This medium-severity CVE scores 6.5 under NVD CVSS v3. EPSS exploit probability: 2.5%, top 17% of all CVEs by exploit prediction. GitHub Security Advisory data not yet ingested — confidence will rise once GHSA publishes (typical lag: hours to days for open-source ecosystem CVEs; never for infrastructure-only CVEs).
- Lower severity and no public exploit yet
No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.
- CVSS v3
- 6.5
- EG Score
- 6.5(medium)
- EG Risk
- 35(Track)EG Risk 35/100SSVC: Track
EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).
How it’s computedSeverity65% × 45%Exploitation2% × 40%Automatability30% × 15%Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence. - EPSS PROB
- 3%
- EPSS %ILE
- 84%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
January 24, 2020
Last Modified
November 21, 2024
References (10)
- cve@mitrehttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/05/19/4
- cve@mitrehttp://www.tornadoweb.org/en/stable/releases/v3.2.2.html
- cve@mitrehttps://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=930362
- cve@mitrehttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1222816
- cve@mitrehttps://github.com/tornadoweb/tornado/commit/1c36307463b1e8affae100bf9386948e6c1b2308
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/05/19/4
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.tornadoweb.org/en/stable/releases/v3.2.2.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=930362
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1222816
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/tornadoweb/tornado/commit/1c36307463b1e8affae100bf9386948e6c1b2308
Affected Packages
(7 across 7 ecosystems)
Debian:11(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| python-tornado | — | 3.2.2-1 | — |
Debian:12(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
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| python-tornado | — | 3.2.2-1 | — |
Debian:13(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
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| python-tornado | — | 3.2.2-1 | — |
Debian:14(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| python-tornado | — | 3.2.2-1 | — |
Debian:6.0(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| python-tornado | 1.0.1-1 | 1.0.1-1+deb6u1 | — |
Debian:7(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| python-tornado | 2.3-2 | 2.3-2+deb7u1 | — |
PyPI(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| tornado | 0.2 ... v1.0.0 (36 versions) | 3.2.2 | — |
Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
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- CVE-2019-1020002EG 7.5HIGH
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- CVE-2017-13099NVD 5.9EG 7.5EPSS p98HIGH
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