CVE-2013-4322
mediumpriority · track · 30EPSS 0.091 · 95 %ileexploit · PoCEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
Apache Tomcat before 6.0.39, 7.x before 7.0.50, and 8.x before 8.0.0-RC10 processes chunked transfer coding without properly handling (1) a large total amount of chunked data or (2) whitespace characters in an HTTP header value within a trailer field, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by streaming data. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2012-3544.
cvss
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–medium · 3.9–4.3
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exploits (1)
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affected products (178)
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advisories (1)
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- GHSA-wq2p-q66w-q8gpApache Tomcat Denial of Service vulnerability2022-05-14ghsa · osvUS
Apache Tomcat before 6.0.39, 7.x before 7.0.50, and 8.x before 8.0.0-RC10 processes chunked transfer coding without properly handling (1) a large total amount of chunked data or (2) whitespace characters in an HTTP header value within a trailer field, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by streaming data. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2012-3544.
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references (121)
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- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0148.htmlcnnvd
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=144498216801440&w=2cnnvd
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Dec/23cnnvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59036cnnvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59675cnnvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59722cnnvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59724cnnvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59873cnnvd
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