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Apache Tomcat 5.5.x < 5.5.35, 7.0.x < 7.0.23 DoS Vulnerability - Linux
Information
Severity
Severity
Medium
Family
Family
Web Servers
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
5.0
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
2 years ago
Modified
Modified
2 years ago
Summary
Apache Tomcat is prone to a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability.
Insight
Insight
Apache Tomcat uses an inefficient approach for handling parameters, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a request that contains many parameters and parameter values, a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-4858.
Affected Software
Affected Software
Apache Tomcat version 5.5.x through 5.5.34 and 7.0.x through 7.0.22.
Detection Method
Detection Method
Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.
Solution
Solution
Update to version 5.5.35, 7.0.23 or later.