CVE-2016-6817 (GCVE-0-2016-6817)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-08-10 22:00 – Updated: 2024-10-15 19:01
VLAI?
Summary
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.
Severity ?
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • Denial of Service
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Apache Software Foundation Apache Tomcat Affected: 9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.0.M11
Affected: 8.5.0 to 8.5.6
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Date Public ?
2016-11-22 00:00
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