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ELSA-2011-0335 Important: Oracle Linux tomcat6 security and bug fix update

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ELSA-2011-0335 Important: Oracle Linux tomcat6 security and bug fix update

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
02/10/2011
Created
07/25/2018
Added
12/20/2011
Modified
04/11/2019

Description

Apache Tomcat 7.0.0 through 7.0.6 and 6.0.0 through 6.0.30 does not enforce the maxHttpHeaderSize limit for requests involving the NIO HTTP connector, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (OutOfMemoryError) via a crafted request.

Solution(s)

  • oracle-linux-upgrade-tomcat6
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-tomcat6-admin-webapps
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-tomcat6-docs-webapp
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-tomcat6-el-2-1-api
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-tomcat6-javadoc
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-tomcat6-jsp-2-1-api
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-tomcat6-lib
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-tomcat6-log4j
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-tomcat6-servlet-2-5-api
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-tomcat6-webapps

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