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Apache Tomcat Content-Type Header Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Information

Severity

Severity

High

Family

Family

Denial of Service

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

7.5

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

10 years ago

Modified

Modified

4 years ago

Summary

This host is running Apache Tomcat and is prone to denial of service vulnerability.

Insight

Insight

The flaw is due to an improper handling of Content-Type HTTP header for multipart requests

Affected Software

Affected Software

Apache Tomcat version 7.0.x before 7.0.51 and 8.0.0 before 8.0.2

Detection Method

Detection Method

Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.

Solution

Solution

Upgrade to 7.0.51, 8.0.2 or later.

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)