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Cent OS: CVE-2012-4534: CESA-2013:0623 (tomcat6)

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Cent OS: CVE-2012-4534: CESA-2013:0623 (tomcat6)

Severity
3
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
12/19/2012
Created
07/25/2018
Added
12/01/2016
Modified
07/04/2017

Description

org/apache/tomcat/util/net/NioEndpoint.java in Apache Tomcat 6.x before 6.0.36 and 7.x before 7.0.28, when the NIO connector is used in conjunction with sendfile and HTTPS, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) by terminating the connection during the reading of a response.

Solution(s)

  • centos-upgrade-tomcat6
  • centos-upgrade-tomcat6-admin-webapps
  • centos-upgrade-tomcat6-docs-webapp
  • centos-upgrade-tomcat6-el-2-1-api
  • centos-upgrade-tomcat6-javadoc
  • centos-upgrade-tomcat6-jsp-2-1-api
  • centos-upgrade-tomcat6-lib
  • centos-upgrade-tomcat6-servlet-2-5-api
  • centos-upgrade-tomcat6-webapps

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