Description

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.

Remediation

References

CVE-2016-6817

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Severity

High

Classification

CVE-2016-6817 CWE-119 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Tags

Missing Update Known Vulnerabilities