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Denial of service in Apache Tomcat

Moderate severity GitHub Reviewed Published May 17, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Feb 22, 2024

Package

maven org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core (Maven)

Affected versions

>= 8.0.0-RC1, < 8.0.4

Patched versions

8.0.4
maven org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-coyote (Maven)
>= 8.0.0-RC1, < 8.0.4
8.0.4

Description

java/org/apache/coyote/ajp/AbstractAjpProcessor.java in Apache Tomcat 8.x before 8.0.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (thread consumption) by using a "Content-Length: 0" AJP request to trigger a hang in request processing.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database May 31, 2014
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 17, 2022
Reviewed Jan 8, 2024
Last updated Feb 22, 2024

Severity

Moderate

EPSS score

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

This score estimates the probability of this vulnerability being exploited within the next 30 days. Data provided by FIRST.
(94th percentile)

Weaknesses

Improper Input Validation

The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly. Learn more on MITRE.

CVE ID

CVE-2014-0095

GHSA ID

GHSA-wf5v-jhxj-q632

Source code

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