GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Maven

GHSA-698c-2x4j-g9gq Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in Apache Tomcat

HIGH Published 2022-05-14 Modified 2024-10-15 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2016-6817
Ecosystem
Maven
Packages
org.apache.tomcat:tomcat
Severity
High
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-119, CWE-835
Reviewed
2022-07-06

Affected packages

• Maven org.apache.tomcat:tomcat: >= 9.0.0.M1, < 9.0.0.M12 → fixed in 9.0.0.M12 • Maven org.apache.tomcat:tomcat: >= 8.5.0, < 8.5.8 → fixed in 8.5.8

Description

The HTTP/2 header parser in Apache Tomcat 9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.0.M11 and 8.5.0 to 8.5.6 entered an infinite loop if a header was received that was larger than the available buffer. This made a denial of service attack possible.

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

  • CVE-2016-6817 The HTTP/2 header parser in Apache Tomcat 9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.0.M11 and 8.5.0 to 8.5.6 entered an infinite loop if a header was received that… vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (2)

  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer weakness
  • CWE-835 Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition weakness

References