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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2012-4534: Apache Tomcat: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2012-4534: Apache Tomcat: Multiple vulnerabilities

Severity
3
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
12/19/2012
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/30/2017
Modified
10/30/2017

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)

  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-www-servers-tomcat

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