Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in Apache Tomcat
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.
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Related CVEs.
| ID | severity | exploitable | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2016-6817US | high7.5 | — | ||
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… | ||||
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references
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94462WEB
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037330WEB
- https://github.com/apache/tomcatPACKAGE
- https://github.com/apache/tomcat/commit/079372fc7bac8e2e378942715c9ce26a4a72c07aWEB
- https://github.com/apache/tomcat/commit/85c63227edabbfb4f2f500fc557480a190135d21WEB
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/343558d982879bf88ec20dbf707f8c11255f8e219e81d45c4f8d0551%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3EWEB
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/343558d982879bf88ec20dbf707f8c11255f8e219e81d45c4f8d0551@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3EWEB
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/6af47120905aa7d8fe12f42e8ff2284fb338ba141d3b77b8c7cb61b3%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3EWEB
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