CVEvulnerability
CVE-2012-5568
5.0 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2012-11-30
- Last modified
- 2026-10-09
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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.
Affected configurations
• apache tomcat (>= 7.0.0 <= 7.0.105)
• opensuse opensuse 11.4
• opensuse opensuse 12.1
• opensuse opensuse 12.2
References
- http://captainholly.wordpress.com/2009/06/19/slowloris-vs-tomcat/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-12/msg00089.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-12/msg00090.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00037.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/26/2 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://tomcat.10.n6.nabble.com/How-does-Tomcat-handle-a-slow-HTTP-DoS-tc2147776.html Vendor Advisory
- http://tomcat.10.n6.nabble.com/How-does-Tomcat-handle-a-slow-HTTP-DoS-tc2147779.html Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56686 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=880011 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80317 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://captainholly.wordpress.com/2009/06/19/slowloris-vs-tomcat/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-12/msg00089.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-12/msg00090.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00037.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/26/2 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://tomcat.10.n6.nabble.com/How-does-Tomcat-handle-a-slow-HTTP-DoS-tc2147776.html Vendor Advisory
- http://tomcat.10.n6.nabble.com/How-does-Tomcat-handle-a-slow-HTTP-DoS-tc2147779.html Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56686 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=880011 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80317 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry