gsd-2016-6817
Vulnerability from gsd
Modified
2023-12-13 01:21
Details
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.
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CVE-2016-6817


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      id: "GSD-2016-6817",
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         lastModifiedDate: "2023-12-08T16:41Z",
         publishedDate: "2017-08-10T22:29Z",
      },
   },
}


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