CVE-2012-5568

Publication date 30 November 2012

Last updated 24 July 2024

Apache Tomcat through 7.0.x allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon outage) via partial HTTP requests, as demonstrated by Slowloris.

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Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
tomcat6	13.04 raring	Ignored
	12.10 quantal	Ignored
	12.04 LTS precise	Ignored
	11.10 oneiric	Ignored
	10.04 LTS lucid	Ignored
	8.04 LTS hardy	Not in release
tomcat7	13.04 raring	Ignored
	12.10 quantal	Ignored
	12.04 LTS precise	Ignored
	11.10 oneiric	Ignored
	10.04 LTS lucid	Not in release
	8.04 LTS hardy	Not in release

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Notes

mdeslaur

Upstream doesn't consider this to be a vulnerability: http://tomcat.apache.org/security-7.html#Not_a_vulnerability_in_Tomcat marking as ignored

References

MITRE
NVD
Launchpad
Debian

Other references

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/26/1
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-5568