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CVE-2012-5568
CVE information
Published
Last Modified
CVSSv2.0 Severity
Impact Analysis
Description
Apache Tomcat through 7.0.x allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon outage) via partial HTTP requests, as demonstrated by Slowloris..
CVSSv2.0 Score
- Severity
- Medium
- Base Score
- 5/10
- Exploit Score
- 10/10
- Access Vector
- Network
- Access Complexity
- Low
- Authentication Required
- None
- Impact Score
- 2.9/10
- Confidentiality Impact
- None
- Availability Impact
- Partial
- Integrity Impact
- None
Products Affected
CPE | Affected | Vulnerable | Excluding | Edit |
---|---|---|---|---|
cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
7.0.0 | - | |
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:11.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:12.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:12.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - |
References
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/26/2
- http://captainholly.wordpress.com/2009/06/19/slowloris-vs-tomcat/
- http://tomcat.10.n6.nabble.com/How-does-Tomcat-handle-a-slow-HTTP-DoS-tc2147776.html
- http://tomcat.10.n6.nabble.com/How-does-Tomcat-handle-a-slow-HTTP-DoS-tc2147779.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=880011
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-12/msg00089.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-12/msg00090.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56686
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00037.html
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80317