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CVE-2012-5568

critical

Description

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.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80317

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=880011

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56686

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/26/2

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00037.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-12/msg00090.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-12/msg00089.html

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2012-5459

http://tomcat.10.n6.nabble.com/How-does-Tomcat-handle-a-slow-HTTP-DoS-tc2147779.html

http://tomcat.10.n6.nabble.com/How-does-Tomcat-handle-a-slow-HTTP-DoS-tc2147776.html

http://captainholly.wordpress.com/2009/06/19/slowloris-vs-tomcat/

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2012-11-30

Updated: 2026-10-09

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.09588