Apache Tomcat 5.5.x before 5.5.35, 6.x before 6.0.34, and 7.x before 7.0.23 uses an inefficient approach for handling parameters, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a request that contains many parameters and parameter values, a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-4858.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 5.3
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apache Tomcat | — | Upgrade Apache Tomcat to 7.0.23Upgrade Apache Tomcat to 5.5.35Upgrade Apache Tomcat to the latest available versionUpgrade Apache Tomcat to 6.0.35 | May 17, 2012 | Jan 19, 2012 |
| Centos_linux | — | Upgrade tomcat5-jsp-2.0-apiUpgrade tomcat5-servlet-2.4-apiUpgrade tomcat5-servlet-2.4-api-javadocUpgrade tomcat6-jsp-2.1-apiUpgrade tomcat6-servlet-2.5-apiUpgrade tomcat5-common-libUpgrade tomcat6-docs-webappUpgrade tomcat5-jsp-2.0-api-javadocUpgrade tomcat5-admin-webappsUpgrade tomcat5-server-libUpgrade tomcat6-webappsUpgrade tomcat6-el-2.1-apiUpgrade tomcat6-libUpgrade tomcat6-javadocUpgrade tomcat5Upgrade tomcat5-webappsUpgrade tomcat5-jasper-javadocUpgrade tomcat6-admin-webappsUpgrade tomcat5-jasperUpgrade tomcat6 | Dec 1, 2016 | Jan 18, 2012 |
| Freebsd | — | Upgrade tomcat | Dec 10, 2025 | Jan 17, 2012 |
| Gentoo Linux | — | Upgrade www-servers/tomcat. | Oct 30, 2017 | Jan 18, 2012 |
| Hpux | — | Update hpuxws22TOMCAT.TOMCAT to the latest version | Aug 11, 2017 | Jan 18, 2012 |
| Oracle Solaris | — | Upgrade web/java-servlet/tomcat/tomcat-examples to version 6.0.35-0.175.0.4.0.5.0 on Solaris 11.0Upgrade web/java-servlet/tomcat to version 6.0.35-0.175.0.4.0.5.0 on Solaris 11.0 | May 29, 2017 | Jan 18, 2012 |
| Oracle_linux | — | Upgrade tomcat6-admin-webappsUpgrade tomcat5-servlet-2.4-apiUpgrade tomcat5-webappsUpgrade tomcat6-jsp-2.1-apiUpgrade tomcat6-webappsUpgrade tomcat5-jsp-2.0-apiUpgrade tomcat5-common-libUpgrade tomcat6Upgrade tomcat5-servlet-2.4-api-javadocUpgrade tomcat5-jsp-2.0-api-javadocUpgrade tomcat5-admin-webappsUpgrade tomcat6-docs-webappUpgrade tomcat6-el-2.1-apiUpgrade tomcat5-jasperUpgrade tomcat6-javadocUpgrade tomcat5-server-libUpgrade tomcat5-jasper-javadocUpgrade tomcat6-servlet-2.5-apiUpgrade tomcat6-libUpgrade tomcat5 | Oct 16, 2024 | Jan 19, 2012 |
| Red Hat Jboss Eap | — | Upgrade Red Hat JBoss EAP to the latest version | Sep 19, 2024 | Jan 17, 2012 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade tomcat6-admin-webappsUpgrade tomcat6-servlet-2_5-apiUpgrade tomcat6-docs-webappUpgrade tomcat6Upgrade tomcat5-webappsUpgrade tomcat6-jsp-2_1-apiUpgrade tomcat6-webappsUpgrade tomcat6-libUpgrade tomcat5-admin-webappsUpgrade tomcat6-javadocUpgrade tomcat5 | Dec 12, 2013 | Jan 18, 2012 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade libtomcat6-java | Nov 8, 2024 | Jan 19, 2012 |
| Vmsa 2012 0005 | — | Upgrade VMware ESX 4.1 to build number 502767Upgrade VMware ESX 4.0 to build number 480973 | Mar 23, 2012 | Jan 18, 2012 |
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