National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2011-0534

Overview

Apache Tomcat 7.0.0 through 7.0.6 and 6.0.0 through 6.0.30 does not enforce the maxHttpHeaderSize limit for requests involving the NIO HTTP connector, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (OutOfMemoryError) via a crafted request.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

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External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://tomcat.apache.org/security-6.html#Fixed_in_Apache_Tomcat_6.0.32

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://tomcat.apache.org/security-6.html#Fixed_in_Apache_Tomcat_6.0.32

External Source: XF

Name: tomcat-nio-connector-dos(65162)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/65162

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2011-0293

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0293

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1025027

Hyperlink:http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025027

External Source: BID

Name: 46164

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46164

External Source: BUGTRAQ

Name: 20110205 [SECURITY] CVE-2011-0534 Apache Tomcat DoS vulnerability

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/516214/100/0/threaded

External Source: DEBIAN

Name: DSA-2160

Hyperlink:http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2160

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://tomcat.apache.org/security-7.html#Fixed_in_Apache_Tomcat_7.0.8_(released_5_Feb_2011)

Hyperlink:http://tomcat.apache.org/security-7.html#Fixed_in_Apache_Tomcat_7.0.8_%28released_5_Feb_2011%29

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://support.novell.com/docs/Readmes/InfoDocument/patchbuilder/readme_5098550.html

Hyperlink:http://support.novell.com/docs/Readmes/InfoDocument/patchbuilder/readme_5098550.html

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5002

Hyperlink:http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5002

External Source: SREASON

Name: 8074

Hyperlink:http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8074

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 45022

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/45022

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 43192

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/43192

External Source: OSVDB

Name: 70809

Hyperlink:http://osvdb.org/70809

External Source: APPLE

Name: APPLE-SA-2011-10-12-3

Hyperlink:http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2011//Oct/msg00003.html