CVE-2011-0534

Summary

CVECVE-2011-0534
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2011-02-10 18:00:56 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionApache Tomcat 7.0.0 through 7.0.6 and 6.0.0 through 6.0.30 does not enforce the maxHttpHeaderSize limit for requests involving the NIO HTTP connector, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (OutOfMemoryError) via a crafted request.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-399 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Apache Tomcat 6.0.0 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 6.0.1 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 6.0.10 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 6.0.11 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 6.0.12 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 6.0.13 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 6.0.14 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 6.0.15 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 6.0.16 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 6.0.17 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 6.0.18 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 6.0.19 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 6.0.2 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 6.0.20 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 6.0.24 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 6.0.26 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 6.0.27 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 6.0.28 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 6.0.29 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 6.0.3 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 6.0.30 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 6.0.4 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 6.0.5 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 6.0.6 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 6.0.7 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 6.0.8 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 6.0.9 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 7.0.0 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 7.0.1 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 7.0.2 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 7.0.3 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 7.0.4 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 7.0.5 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 7.0.6 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
osvdb.org/70809 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 osvdb.org
Apache Tomcat NIO Connector Denial of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Novell Sentinel Log Manager Java and Tomcat Vulnerabilities - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Vendor Advisory
APPLE-SA-2011-10-12-3 OS X Lion v10.7.2 and Security Update 2011-006 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apple.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
SecurityTracker: Apache Tomcat maxHttpHeaderSize Parsing Error Lets Remote Users Deny Service af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
About the security content of OS X Lion v10.7.2 and Security Update 2011-006 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.apple.com
[security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report: SUSE-SR:2011:005 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
Apache Tomcat - Apache Tomcat 7 vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 tomcat.apache.org
Debian update for tomcat6 - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
About Secunia Research | Flexera af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Sentinel Log Manager 1.2.0.1 (1.2 Hot Fix 1) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.novell.com
Apache Tomcat - Apache Tomcat 6 vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 tomcat.apache.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2160-1 tomcat6 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
'[security bulletin] HPSBST02955 rev.1 - HP XP P9000 Performance Advisor Software, 3rd party Software' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
Apache Tomcat DoS Vulnerability - SecurityReason.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securityreason.com
Apache Tomcat - Apache Tomcat 7 vulnerabilities MITRE tomcat.apache.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 998013 Java (Maven) Security Update for org.apache.tomcat:tomcat (GHSA-43v2-6grp-9pp9)

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