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CVE-2014-0230

Apache Tomcat 6.x before 6.0.44, 7.x before 7.0.55, and 8.x before 8.0.9 does not properly handle cases where an HTTP response occurs before finishing the reading of an entire request body, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (thread consumption) via a series of aborted upload attempts.

Published:Jul 19, 2014

Last Modified:Apr 12, 2025

EPS:Jun 7, 2015

EPSS Score:0.06203

CVSS Score:7.8

Affected Products

Vendor

Product

Action

Vendor

Apache

Product

Tomcat

Apache

Tomcat

Vendor

Oracle

Product

Virtualization

Oracle

Virtualization

Vendor

Redhat

Product

Enterprise Linux

Redhat

Enterprise Linux

Vendor

Redhat

Product

Jboss Enterprise Application Platform

Redhat

Jboss Enterprise Application Platform

Vendor

Redhat

Product

Jboss Enterprise Web Server

Redhat

Jboss Enterprise Web Server

Exploits

No exploit reference

Common Weakness Enumeration

CWE-770 Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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References

http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/tomcat-announce/201505.mbox/%3C554949D1.8030904%40apache.org%3E

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=144498216801440&w=2

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=145974991225029&w=2

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/10/1

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1621.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1622.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2661.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0595.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0596.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0597.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0598.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0599.html

http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1603770

http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1603775

http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1603779

http://tomcat.apache.org/security-6.html

http://tomcat.apache.org/security-7.html

http://tomcat.apache.org/security-8.html

http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3447

http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3530

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2018-4258247.html

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2015-2511968.html

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujul2015-2367936.html

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74475

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2654-1

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2655-1

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:2659

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:2660

https://h20564.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c04851013

https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05054964

https://issues.jboss.org/browse/JWS-219

https://issues.jboss.org/browse/JWS-220

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/37220405a377c0182d2afdbc36461c4783b2930fbeae3a17f1333113%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/39ae1f0bd5867c15755a6f959b271ade1aea04ccdc3b2e639dcd903b%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/b84ad1258a89de5c9c853c7f2d3ad77e5b8b2930be9e132d5cef6b95%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/b8a1bf18155b552dcf9a928ba808cbadad84c236d85eab3033662cfb%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r03c597a64de790ba42c167efacfa23300c3d6c9fe589ab87fe02859c%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r587e50b86c1a96ee301f751d50294072d142fd6dc08a8987ae9f3a9b%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9136ff5b13e4f1941360b5a309efee2c114a14855578c3a2cbe5d19c%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E

http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/tomcat-announce/201505.mbox/%3C554949D1.8030904%40apache.org%3E

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=144498216801440&w=2

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=145974991225029&w=2

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/10/1

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1621.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1622.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2661.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0595.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0596.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0597.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0598.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0599.html

http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1603770

http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1603775

http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1603779

http://tomcat.apache.org/security-6.html

http://tomcat.apache.org/security-7.html

http://tomcat.apache.org/security-8.html

http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3447

http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3530

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2018-4258247.html

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2015-2511968.html

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujul2015-2367936.html

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74475

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2654-1

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2655-1

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:2659

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:2660

https://h20564.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c04851013

https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05054964

https://issues.jboss.org/browse/JWS-219

https://issues.jboss.org/browse/JWS-220

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/37220405a377c0182d2afdbc36461c4783b2930fbeae3a17f1333113%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/39ae1f0bd5867c15755a6f959b271ade1aea04ccdc3b2e639dcd903b%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/b84ad1258a89de5c9c853c7f2d3ad77e5b8b2930be9e132d5cef6b95%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/b8a1bf18155b552dcf9a928ba808cbadad84c236d85eab3033662cfb%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r03c597a64de790ba42c167efacfa23300c3d6c9fe589ab87fe02859c%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r587e50b86c1a96ee301f751d50294072d142fd6dc08a8987ae9f3a9b%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9136ff5b13e4f1941360b5a309efee2c114a14855578c3a2cbe5d19c%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E

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