HTTP: Apache Tomcat Large Chunked Transfer Denial of Service

A denial of service vulnerability has been identified in Apache Tomcat as it processes Chunked-Transfer encoded requests. A successful attack can result in a denial-of-service condition.

Extended Description

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.

Affected Products

Apache tomcat

References

CVE: CVE-2013-4322

Short Name
HTTP:DOS:APACHE-TOMCAT-CHUNKED
Severity
Major
Recommended
False
Recommended Action
Drop
Category
HTTP
Keywords
Apache CVE-2012-3544 CVE-2013-4322 Chunked Denial Large Service Tomcat Transfer of
Release Date
06/12/2015
Supported Platforms

srx-branch-19.3

vsrx3bsd-19.2

srx-19.4

vsrx3bsd-19.4

srx-branch-19.4

vsrx-19.4

vsrx-19.2

srx-19.3

srx-branch-12.3

mx-12.3

mx-19.4

vmx-19.4

mx-19.3

vsrx-12.3

vmx-19.3

srx-12.3

Sigpack Version
3764
False Positive
Unknown
Vendors

Apache

CVSS Score

5.0

4.3

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