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CVE-2012-5568

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.

Published

2012-11-30T19:55:01.893

Last Modified

2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 5.0 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: NONE
Integrity Impact: NONE
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
NVD-CWE-noinfo

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	apache	tomcat	≤ 7.0.105	Yes
Operating System	opensuse	opensuse	11.4	Yes
Operating System	opensuse	opensuse	12.1	Yes
Operating System	opensuse	opensuse	12.2	Yes

References

http://captainholly.wordpress.com/2009/06/19/slowloris-vs-tomcat/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-12/msg00089.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-12/msg00090.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00037.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/26/2 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://tomcat.10.n6.nabble.com/How-does-Tomcat-handle-a-slow-HTTP-DoS-tc2147776.html Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://tomcat.10.n6.nabble.com/How-does-Tomcat-handle-a-slow-HTTP-DoS-tc2147779.html Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56686 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=880011 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80317 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://captainholly.wordpress.com/2009/06/19/slowloris-vs-tomcat/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-12/msg00089.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-12/msg00090.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00037.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/26/2 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://tomcat.10.n6.nabble.com/How-does-Tomcat-handle-a-slow-HTTP-DoS-tc2147776.html Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://tomcat.10.n6.nabble.com/How-does-Tomcat-handle-a-slow-HTTP-DoS-tc2147779.html Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56686 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=880011 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80317 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)