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Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') Affecting tomcat8-jsp-2.3-api package, versions *

Severity

 Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.34% (86th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-TOMCAT8JSP23API-5431409
  • published1 Nov 2021
  • disclosed6 Feb 2015
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Introduced: 6 Feb 2015

CVE-2017-6056  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-835  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:7 tomcat8-jsp-2.3-api.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream tomcat8-jsp-2.3-api package and not the tomcat8-jsp-2.3-api package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

It was discovered that a programming error in the processing of HTTPS requests in the Apache Tomcat servlet and JSP engine may result in denial of service via an infinite loop. The denial of service is easily achievable as a consequence of backporting a CVE-2016-6816 fix but not backporting the fix for Tomcat bug 57544. Distributions affected by this backporting issue include Debian (before 7.0.56-3+deb8u8 and 8.0.14-1+deb8u7 in jessie) and Ubuntu.

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