GHSA-8f4w-jwqv-5cxc

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    GHSA-8f4w-jwqv-5cxc

    Published: 1 May 2022Last Modified: 3 Apr 2025
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    Summary: Apache Tomcat Vulnerable to Denial of Service (DoS) via Simultaneous Requests

    Details: Apache Tomcat 5.5.0 to 5.5.11 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a large number of simultaneous requests to list a web directory that has a large number of files.

    References: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-3510, https://github.com/apache/tomcat, https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/29dc6c2b625789e70a9c4756b5a327e6547273ff8bde7e0327af48c5%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E, https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/29dc6c2b625789e70a9c4756b5a327e6547273ff8bde7e0327af48c5@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E, https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/c62b0e3a7bf23342352a5810c640a94b6db69957c5c19db507004d74%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E, https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/c62b0e3a7bf23342352a5810c640a94b6db69957c5c19db507004d74@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E, https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb71997f506c6cc8b530dd845c084995a9878098846c7b4eacfae8db3%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E, https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb71997f506c6cc8b530dd845c084995a9878098846c7b4eacfae8db3@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E, https://web.archive.org/web/20200228054210/http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/415782/30/0/threaded, https://web.archive.org/web/20200229175931/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15325, https://web.archive.org/web/20200517122628/http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/500396/100/0/threaded, https://web.archive.org/web/20200517153851/http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/500412/100/0/threaded, https://web.archive.org/web/20200922015809/http://securitytracker.com/id?1015147, http://community.ca.com/blogs/casecurityresponseblog/archive/2009/01/23.aspx, http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-239312-1, http://support.ca.com/irj/portal/anonymous/phpsupcontent?contentID=197540, http://tomcat.apache.org/security-4.html, http://tomcat.apache.org/security-5.html, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0161.html, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0261.html

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: org.apache.tomcat:tomcat

    Purl: pkg:maven/org.apache.tomcat/tomcat

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 5.5.0
    Fixed -5.5.12

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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