GHSA-qfxv-3ppc-7qg5

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    GHSA-qfxv-3ppc-7qg5

    Published: 14 May 2022Last Modified: 12 Apr 2025
    Aliases:
    CVE-2012-3544

    Summary: Apache Tomcat Vulnerable to Denial of Service (DoS) via Improper Handling of chunk extensions

    Details: Apache Tomcat 6.x before 6.0.37 and 7.x before 7.0.30 does not properly handle chunk extensions in chunked transfer coding, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by streaming data.

    References: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-3544, https://github.com/apache/tomcat, https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/37220405a377c0182d2afdbc36461c4783b2930fbeae3a17f1333113%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E, https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/37220405a377c0182d2afdbc36461c4783b2930fbeae3a17f1333113@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E, https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/39ae1f0bd5867c15755a6f959b271ade1aea04ccdc3b2e639dcd903b%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E, https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/39ae1f0bd5867c15755a6f959b271ade1aea04ccdc3b2e639dcd903b@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E, https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/b84ad1258a89de5c9c853c7f2d3ad77e5b8b2930be9e132d5cef6b95%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E, https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/b84ad1258a89de5c9c853c7f2d3ad77e5b8b2930be9e132d5cef6b95@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E, https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/b8a1bf18155b552dcf9a928ba808cbadad84c236d85eab3033662cfb%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E, https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/b8a1bf18155b552dcf9a928ba808cbadad84c236d85eab3033662cfb@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E, https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r03c597a64de790ba42c167efacfa23300c3d6c9fe589ab87fe02859c%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E, https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r03c597a64de790ba42c167efacfa23300c3d6c9fe589ab87fe02859c@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E, https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r587e50b86c1a96ee301f751d50294072d142fd6dc08a8987ae9f3a9b%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E, https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r587e50b86c1a96ee301f751d50294072d142fd6dc08a8987ae9f3a9b@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E, http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Dec/23, http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/tomcat/tc6.0.x/trunk/java/org/apache/coyote/http11/filters/ChunkedInputFilter.java?r1=1476592&r2=1476591&pathrev=1476592, http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1378702, http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1378921, http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1476592, http://tomcat.apache.org/security-6.html, http://tomcat.apache.org/security-7.html, http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujan2014-1972949.html, http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujul2014-1972956.html, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1841-1, http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2014-0012.html

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: org.apache.tomcat:tomcat

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

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 6.0.0
    Fixed -6.0.37

    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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