FKIE_CVE-2016-6817

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2017-08-10 22:29 - Updated: 2025-04-20 01:37
Severity ?
7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Summary
The HTTP/2 header parser in Apache Tomcat 9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.0.M11 and 8.5.0 to 8.5.6 entered an infinite loop if a header was received that was larger than the available buffer. This made a denial of service attack possible.
References
security@apache.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94462Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
security@apache.orghttp://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037330Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
security@apache.orghttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/343558d982879bf88ec20dbf707f8c11255f8e219e81d45c4f8d0551%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
security@apache.orghttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/6af47120905aa7d8fe12f42e8ff2284fb338ba141d3b77b8c7cb61b3%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
security@apache.orghttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/88855876c33f2f9c532ffb75bfee570ccf0b17ffa77493745af9a17a%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
security@apache.orghttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/a9f24571460af003071475b75f18cad81ebcc36fa7c876965a75e32a%40%3Cannounce.tomcat.apache.org%3E
security@apache.orghttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/b5e3f51d28cd5d9b1809f56594f2cf63dcd6a90429e16ea9f83bbedc%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
security@apache.orghttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180607-0001/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94462Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037330Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/343558d982879bf88ec20dbf707f8c11255f8e219e81d45c4f8d0551%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/6af47120905aa7d8fe12f42e8ff2284fb338ba141d3b77b8c7cb61b3%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/88855876c33f2f9c532ffb75bfee570ccf0b17ffa77493745af9a17a%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/a9f24571460af003071475b75f18cad81ebcc36fa7c876965a75e32a%40%3Cannounce.tomcat.apache.org%3E
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/b5e3f51d28cd5d9b1809f56594f2cf63dcd6a90429e16ea9f83bbedc%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180607-0001/
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
apache tomcat 8.5.0
apache tomcat 8.5.1
apache tomcat 8.5.2
apache tomcat 8.5.3
apache tomcat 8.5.4
apache tomcat 8.5.5
apache tomcat 8.5.6
apache tomcat 9.0.0
apache tomcat 9.0.0
apache tomcat 9.0.0
apache tomcat 9.0.0
apache tomcat 9.0.0
apache tomcat 9.0.0
apache tomcat 9.0.0
apache tomcat 9.0.0
apache tomcat 9.0.0
apache tomcat 9.0.0
apache tomcat 9.0.0
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