CVE-2012-5568 (GCVE-0-2012-5568)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2012-11-30 19:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 21:14
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
10 references
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|---|---|
| http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/26/2 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-1… | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56686 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID |
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-0… | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE |
| http://captainholly.wordpress.com/2009/06/19/slow… | x_refsource_MISC |
| http://tomcat.10.n6.nabble.com/How-does-Tomcat-ha… | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
| http://tomcat.10.n6.nabble.com/How-does-Tomcat-ha… | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=880011 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-1… | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
Date Public
2009-06-19 00:00
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