Veracode Vulnerability DatabaseVERACODE:7867Denial Of Service (DoS)
5 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
tomcat is vulnerable to a distributed denial of service (DDOS) attack. A malicious user can open a large amount of connections to the target server, causing the server to exhaust resources. This attack is also known as slowloris.
References
captainholly.wordpress.com/2009/06/19/slowloris-vs-tomcat/
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-12/msg00089.html
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-12/msg00090.html
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00037.html
mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/tomcat-users/200906.mbox/%[email protected]%3E
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/26/2
tomcat.10.n6.nabble.com/How-does-Tomcat-handle-a-slow-HTTP-DoS-tc2147776.html
tomcat.10.n6.nabble.com/How-does-Tomcat-handle-a-slow-HTTP-DoS-tc2147779.html
tomcat.apache.org/security-7.html#Not_a_vulnerability_in_Tomcat
www.securityfocus.com/bid/56686
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=880011
bz.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=54263
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80317
Related
5 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P