Improper Input Validation Affecting tomcat6 package, versions <0:6.0.24-72.el6_5


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
3.84% (93rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS6-TOMCAT6-2099976
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed27 May 2014

Introduced: 27 May 2014

CVE-2014-0075  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-400  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:6 tomcat6 to version 0:6.0.24-72.el6_5 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream tomcat6 package and not the tomcat6 package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:6 relevant fixed versions and status.

Integer overflow in the parseChunkHeader function in java/org/apache/coyote/http11/filters/ChunkedInputFilter.java in Apache Tomcat before 6.0.40, 7.x before 7.0.53, and 8.x before 8.0.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) via a malformed chunk size in chunked transfer coding of a request during the streaming of data.

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