CVE-2016-6817: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in Apache Tomcat
(updated )
The HTTP/2 header parser in Apache Tomcat 9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.0.M11 and 8.5.0 to 8.5.6 entered an infinite loop if a header was received that was larger than the available buffer. This made a denial of service attack possible.
References
- github.com/advisories/GHSA-698c-2x4j-g9gq
- github.com/apache/tomcat
- github.com/apache/tomcat/commit/079372fc7bac8e2e378942715c9ce26a4a72c07a
- github.com/apache/tomcat/commit/85c63227edabbfb4f2f500fc557480a190135d21
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- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6817
- security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180607-0001
- web.archive.org/web/20180115024458/http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037330
- web.archive.org/web/20200227174145/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94462
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