CVE-2012-5568
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2012-11-30 19:00
Modified
2024-08-06 21:14
Severity ?
Summary
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.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttp://captainholly.wordpress.com/2009/06/19/slowloris-vs-tomcat/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-12/msg00089.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-12/msg00090.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00037.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/26/2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://tomcat.10.n6.nabble.com/How-does-Tomcat-handle-a-slow-HTTP-DoS-tc2147776.htmlVendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://tomcat.10.n6.nabble.com/How-does-Tomcat-handle-a-slow-HTTP-DoS-tc2147779.htmlVendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56686Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
secalert@redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=880011Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80317Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://captainholly.wordpress.com/2009/06/19/slowloris-vs-tomcat/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-12/msg00089.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-12/msg00090.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00037.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/26/2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://tomcat.10.n6.nabble.com/How-does-Tomcat-handle-a-slow-HTTP-DoS-tc2147776.htmlVendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://tomcat.10.n6.nabble.com/How-does-Tomcat-handle-a-slow-HTTP-DoS-tc2147779.htmlVendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56686Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=880011Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80317Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
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