vulnerability
Apache Tomcat: Important: Denial of Service (CVE-2021-41079)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | Sep 16, 2021 | Sep 16, 2021 | Mar 27, 2026 |
Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Sep 16, 2021
Added
Sep 16, 2021
Modified
Mar 27, 2026
Description
Apache Tomcat 8.5.0 to 8.5.63, 9.0.0-M1 to 9.0.43 and 10.0.0-M1 to 10.0.2 did not properly validate incoming TLS packets. When Tomcat was configured to use NIO+OpenSSL or NIO2+OpenSSL for TLS, a specially crafted packet could be used to trigger an infinite loop resulting in a denial of service.
Solutions
apache-tomcat-upgrade-10_0_2apache-tomcat-upgrade-8_5_64apache-tomcat-upgrade-9_0_44
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