CVE-2014-0230
highpriority · track · 38EPSS 0.202 · 97 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
Apache Tomcat 6.x before 6.0.44, 7.x before 7.0.55, and 8.x before 8.0.9 does not properly handle cases where an HTTP response occurs before finishing the reading of an entire request body, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (thread consumption) via a series of aborted upload attempts.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.6–7.8
ssvc
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affected products (102)
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advisories (1)
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- GHSA-pxcx-cxq8-4mmwUncontrolled Resource Consumption in Apache Tomcat2022-05-14ghsa · osvUS
Apache Tomcat 6.x before 6.0.44, 7.x before 7.0.55, and 8.x before 8.0.9 does not properly handle cases where an HTTP response occurs before finishing the reading of an entire request body, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (thread consumption) via a series of aborted upload attempts.
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sources
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references (114)
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- http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/tomcat-announce/201505.mbox/%3C554949D1.8030904%40apache.org%3Ecnnvd
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=144498216801440&w=2cnnvd
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=145974991225029&w=2cnnvd
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/10/1cnnvd
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1621.htmlcnnvd
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1622.htmlcnnvd
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2661.htmlcnnvd
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0595.htmlcnnvd
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