UBUNTU-CVE-2012-3544

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2012-3544

    Published: 31 Dec 2012Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2012-3544
    Aliases:
    USN-1841-1

    Summary:

    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://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-3544, http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/tomcat-announce/201305.mbox/%[email protected]%3E, http://tomcat.apache.org/security-6.html, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1841-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-3544

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: tomcat6

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -6.0.39-1

    Affected versions

    6.0.37-1

    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