CVE-2012-5568

Apache Tomcat through 7.0.x allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon outage) via partial HTTP requests, as demonstrated by Slowloris.

Published: Nov 30, 2012
Updated: Apr 13, 2023
CVE: CVE-2012-5568
Severity: Medium
Exploit:

CVSS v2:

Severity: Medium
Score: 5
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

No CWE or OWASP classifications available.

Affected Software
References

Software	From	Fixed in
apache / tomcat	7.0.0	7.0.105.x
opensuse / opensuse	11.4	11.4.x
opensuse / opensuse	12.2	12.2.x
opensuse / opensuse	12.1	12.1.x

http://captainholly.wordpress.com/2009/06/19/slowloris-vs-tomcat/
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-12/msg00089.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-12/msg00090.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00037.html
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/26/2
http://tomcat.10.n6.nabble.com/How-does-Tomcat-handle-a-slow-HTTP-DoS-tc2147776.html
http://tomcat.10.n6.nabble.com/How-does-Tomcat-handle-a-slow-HTTP-DoS-tc2147779.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56686
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=880011
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80317

Vulnerability Database

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CVE-2012-5568