Improper Input Validation Affecting tomcat6 package, versions <6.0.35-5+nmu1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
4.48% (93rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN8-TOMCAT6-329841
  • published16 Nov 2012
  • disclosed16 Nov 2012

Introduced: 16 Nov 2012

CVE-2012-2733  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:8 tomcat6 to version 6.0.35-5+nmu1 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 Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

java/org/apache/coyote/http11/InternalNioInputBuffer.java in the HTTP NIO connector in Apache Tomcat 6.x before 6.0.36 and 7.x before 7.0.28 does not properly restrict the request-header size, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large amount of header data.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1