CVE-2016-6816

The code in Apache Tomcat 9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.0.M11, 8.5.0 to 8.5.6, 8.0.0.RC1
to 8.0.38, 7.0.0 to 7.0.72, and 6.0.0 to 6.0.47 that parsed the HTTP
request line permitted invalid characters. This could be exploited, in
conjunction with a proxy that also permitted the invalid characters but
with a different interpretation, to inject data into the HTTP response. By
manipulating the HTTP response the attacker could poison a web-cache,
perform an XSS attack and/or obtain sensitive information from requests
other then their own.

Bugs

• <https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=802312&gt;