Description

java/org/apache/coyote/http11/InternalNioInputBuffer.java in the HTTP NIO connector in Apache Tomcat 6.x before 6.0.36 and 7.x before 7.0.28 does not properly restrict the request-header size, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large amount of header data.

Remediation

References

CVE-2012-2733

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Severity

Medium

Classification

CVE-2012-2733 CWE-20

Tags

Missing Update Known Vulnerabilities