CVE-2017-6056

Summary

CVECVE-2017-6056
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-02-17 07:59:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 02:49:00 UTC
DescriptionIt was discovered that a programming error in the processing of HTTPS requests in the Apache Tomcat servlet and JSP engine may result in denial of service via an infinite loop. The denial of service is easily achievable as a consequence of backporting a CVE-2016-6816 fix but not backporting the fix for Tomcat bug 57544. Distributions affected by this backporting issue include Debian (before 7.0.56-3+deb8u8 and 8.0.14-1+deb8u7 in jessie) and Ubuntu.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-835

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT rhn.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] [DSA 3787-1] tomcat7 security update CONFIRM lists.debian.org Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT rhn.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Pony Mail! lists.apache.org
Pony Mail! MLIST lists.apache.org
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3788-1 tomcat8 DEBIAN www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3787-1 tomcat7 DEBIAN www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
Pony Mail! lists.apache.org
November 2017 Apache Tomcat Vulnerabilities in NetApp Products | NetApp Product Security CONFIRM security.netapp.com Third Party Advisory
60578 – Server CPU maxed out (100% per core) randomly after a few hours CONFIRM bz.apache.org Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
Pony Mail! MLIST lists.apache.org
Apache Tomcat 'http11/AbstractInputBuffer.java' Denial of Service Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
#851304 - tomcat8 use 100% cpu time - Debian Bug report logs CONFIRM bugs.debian.org Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] [DSA 3788-1] tomcat8 security update CONFIRM lists.debian.org Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT rhn.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Oracle Critical Patch Update - October 2019 MISC www.oracle.com
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT rhn.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Apache Tomcat HTTPS Request Processing Bug Lets Remote Users Deny Service - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT rhn.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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