Improper Input Validation Affecting org.apache.tomcat:coyote package, versions [6,6.0.36)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
8.74% (95th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JAVA-ORGAPACHETOMCAT-30863
  • published17 Jun 2014
  • disclosed16 Nov 2012
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 16 Nov 2012

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

Overview

org.apache.tomcat:coyote 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.

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