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CVE-2016-6817

Published: 10/08/2017 Updated: 08/12/2023
CVSS v2 Base Score: 5 | Impact Score: 2.9 | Exploitability Score: 10
CVSS v3 Base Score: 7.5 | Impact Score: 3.6 | Exploitability Score: 3.9
VMScore: 446
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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Vulnerability Summary

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.

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Red Hat: CVE-2016-6817
The HTTP/2 header parser in Apache Tomcat 900M1 to 900M11 and 850 to 856 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

CWE-119http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037330http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94462https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180607-0001/https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/a9f24571460af003071475b75f18cad81ebcc36fa7c876965a75e32a%40%3Cannounce.tomcat.apache.org%3Ehttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/343558d982879bf88ec20dbf707f8c11255f8e219e81d45c4f8d0551%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3Ehttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/b5e3f51d28cd5d9b1809f56594f2cf63dcd6a90429e16ea9f83bbedc%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3Ehttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/88855876c33f2f9c532ffb75bfee570ccf0b17ffa77493745af9a17a%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3Ehttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/6af47120905aa7d8fe12f42e8ff2284fb338ba141d3b77b8c7cb61b3%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3Ehttps://nvd.nist.govhttps://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2016-6817
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