CVE-2016-6808

critical

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Description

Buffer overflow in Apache Tomcat Connectors (mod_jk) before 1.2.42.

References

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/139071/Apache-Tomcat-JK-ISAPI-Connector-1.2.41-Buffer-Overflow.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2957.html

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Oct/44

http://tomcat.apache.org/security-jk.html

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/06/4

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93429

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036969

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0193

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0194

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/[email protected]%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E

Details

Source: MITRE

Published: 2017-04-12

Updated: 2019-04-15

Type: CWE-119

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

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

Impact Score: 6.4

Exploitability Score: 10

Severity: HIGH

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

Impact Score: 5.9

Exploitability Score: 3.9

Severity: CRITICAL

Vulnerable Software

Configuration 1

cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat_jk_connector:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Tenable Plugins

View all (2 total)

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
96867	RHEL 7 : JBoss Core Services (RHSA-2017:0194)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	critical
96824	RHEL 6 : JBoss Core Services (RHSA-2017:0193)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	critical