Apache Tomcat 7.0.x < 7.0.28 Header Parsing Remote Denial of Service

medium Log Correlation Engine Plugin ID 800617

Synopsis

The remote web server is affected by a remote denial of service vulnerabily

Description

Versions of Tomcat 7.0.x earlier than 7.0.28 are potentially affected by a remote denial of service vulnerability:

- A flaw exists within the parseHeaders() function that could allow for a crafted header to cause a remote denial of service (CVE-2012-2733)

- An error exists related to the 'NIO' connector when HTTPS and 'sendfile' are enabled that can force the application into an infinite loop. (CVE-2012-4534)

Solution

Upgrade to Apache Tomcat 7.0.28 or later.

See Also

http://tomcat.apache.org/security-7.html#Fixed_in_Apache_Tomcat_7.0.28

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 800617

Family: Web Servers

Published: 11/26/2012

Nessus ID: 62985

Vulnerability Information

Patch Publication Date: 7/2/2011

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/2/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-2733, CVE-2012-4534

BID: 56813, 56402