CVE-2016-6817high
Description
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.
References
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94462
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037330
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/[email protected]%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/[email protected]%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/[email protected]%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/[email protected]%3Cannounce.tomcat.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/[email protected]%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
Details
Source: MITRE
Published: 2017-08-10
Updated: 2019-04-15
Type: CWE-119
Risk Information
CVSS v2
Base Score: 5
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Impact Score: 2.9
Exploitability Score: 10
Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS v3
Base Score: 7.5
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Impact Score: 3.6
Exploitability Score: 3.9
Severity: HIGH