CVE-2017-6056
Apache Tomcat Denial of Service via Infinite Loop Vulnerability
Description
It was discovered that a programming error in the processing of HTTPS requests in the Apache Tomcat servlet and JSP engine may result in denial of service via an infinite loop. The denial of service is easily achievable as a consequence of backporting a CVE-2016-6816 fix but not backporting the fix for Tomcat bug 57544. Distributions affected by this backporting issue include Debian (before 7.0.56-3+deb8u8 and 8.0.14-1+deb8u7 in jessie) and Ubuntu.
INFO
Published Date :
Feb. 17, 2017, 7:59 a.m.
Last Modified :
Nov. 7, 2023, 2:49 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
3.6
Exploitability Score :
3.9
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Nov. 07, 2023
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference MITRE https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ac51944aef91dd5006b8510b0bef337adaccfe962fb90e7af9c22db4%40%3Cissues.activemq.apache.org%3E [No types assigned] Added Reference MITRE https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/6b414817c2b0bf351138911c8c922ec5dd577ebc0b9a7f42d705752d%40%3Cissues.activemq.apache.org%3E [No types assigned] Removed Reference MITRE https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ac51944aef91dd5006b8510b0bef337adaccfe962fb90e7af9c22db4@%3Cissues.activemq.apache.org%3E Removed Reference MITRE https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/6b414817c2b0bf351138911c8c922ec5dd577ebc0b9a7f42d705752d@%3Cissues.activemq.apache.org%3E -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Oct. 16, 2019
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2019-5072832.html [No Types Assigned] -
CWE Remap by [email protected]
Oct. 03, 2019
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed CWE CWE-19 CWE-19 CWE-835 -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Sep. 25, 2019
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/6b414817c2b0bf351138911c8c922ec5dd577ebc0b9a7f42d705752d@%3Cissues.activemq.apache.org%3E [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jul. 23, 2019
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ac51944aef91dd5006b8510b0bef337adaccfe962fb90e7af9c22db4@%3Cissues.activemq.apache.org%3E [No Types Assigned] -
Modified Analysis by [email protected]
Jun. 26, 2019
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed Reference Type http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0517.html No Types Assigned http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0517.html Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0826.html No Types Assigned http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0826.html Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0827.html No Types Assigned http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0827.html Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0828.html No Types Assigned http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0828.html Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0829.html No Types Assigned http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0829.html Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3787 No Types Assigned http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3787 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3788 No Types Assigned http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3788 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96293 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96293 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry Changed Reference Type http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037860 No Types Assigned http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037860 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry Changed Reference Type https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180731-0002/ No Types Assigned https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180731-0002/ Third Party Advisory Removed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Aug. 02, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180731-0002/ [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jan. 05, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0829.html [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0828.html [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0827.html [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0826.html [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0517.html [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Nov. 04, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3788 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3787 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jul. 25, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037860 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 23, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96293 [No Types Assigned] -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Mar. 14, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Changed Reference Type https://bz.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=60578 No Types Assigned https://bz.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=60578 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2017/msg00039.html No Types Assigned https://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2017/msg00039.html Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://bugs.debian.org/851304 No Types Assigned https://bugs.debian.org/851304 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2017/msg00038.html No Types Assigned https://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2017/msg00038.html Third Party Advisory Added CWE CWE-19 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2017-6056 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2017-6056
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
1.34 }} 0.08%
score
0.84662
percentile