National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2012-4534

Overview

org/apache/tomcat/util/net/NioEndpoint.java in Apache Tomcat 6.x before 6.0.36 and 7.x before 7.0.28, when the NIO connector is used in conjunction with sendfile and HTTPS, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) by terminating the connection during the reading of a response.

Impact

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External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/tomcat/tc7.0.x/trunk/webapps/docs/changelog.xml?r1=1340218&r2=1340217&pathrev=1340218

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/tomcat/tc7.0.x/trunk/webapps/docs/changelog.xml?r1=1340218&r2=1340217&pathrev=1340218

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/tomcat/tc7.0.x/trunk/java/org/apache/tomcat/util/net/NioEndpoint.java?r1=1340218&r2=1340217&pathrev=1340218

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/tomcat/tc7.0.x/trunk/java/org/apache/tomcat/util/net/NioEndpoint.java?r1=1340218&r2=1340217&pathrev=1340218

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: https://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=52858

Hyperlink:https://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=52858

External Source: UBUNTU

Name: USN-1685-1

Hyperlink:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1685-1

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1027836

Hyperlink:http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027836

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://tomcat.apache.org/security-7.html

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://tomcat.apache.org/security-7.html

External Source: CONFIRM

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

Type: Advisory

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

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1340218

Hyperlink:http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1340218

External Source: REDHAT

Name: RHSA-2013:0623

Hyperlink:http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0623.html

External Source: SUSE

Name: openSUSE-SU-2013:0192

Hyperlink:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00080.html

External Source: SUSE

Name: openSUSE-SU-2013:0170

Hyperlink:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00061.html

External Source: SUSE

Name: openSUSE-SU-2013:0161

Hyperlink:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00051.html

External Source: BUGTRAQ

Name: 20121204 CVE-2012-4534 Apache Tomcat denial of service

Hyperlink:http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-12/0043.html