Improper Input Validation Affecting tomcat package, versions [,6.0.37)[7.0.0, 7.0.30)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
8.41% (95th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-TOMCAT-2382340
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed1 Jun 2013
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 1 Jun 2013

CVE-2012-3544  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade tomcat to version 6.0.37, 7.0.30 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Input Validation. Apache Tomcat 6.x before 6.0.37 and 7.x before 7.0.30 does not properly handle chunk extensions in chunked transfer coding, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by streaming data.

CVSS Scores

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