Improper Input Validation Affecting org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-coyote package, versions [8.0,8.0.4)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

CVSS assessment made by Snyk's Security Team

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    3.03% (92nd percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-JAVA-ORGAPACHETOMCAT-30933
  • published 8 Sep 2014
  • disclosed 31 May 2014
  • credit Unknown

Overview

org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-coyote java/org/apache/coyote/ajp/AbstractAjpProcessor.java in Apache Tomcat 8.x before 8.0.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (thread consumption) by using a "Content-Length: 0" AJP request to trigger a hang in request processing.

References

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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Snyk

Recommended
5.3 medium
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    None
  • Integrity (I)
    None
  • Availability (A)
    Low
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NVD

5.3 medium
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Red Hat

5.3 medium