Vulnerability in Apache Tomcat
CVE-2002-0935
Apache Tomcat 4.0.3, and possibly other versions before 4.1.3 beta, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource exhaustion) via a large number of requests to the server with null characters, which causes the working threads to hang.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.079 (94.5th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 94th percentile — 94.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.079 · newest: 0.079 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Apache Tomcat — versions 4.0.3
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/277940 (mailing-list)
- archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2002-q2/0120.html (mailing-list)
- www.osvdb.org/5051 (vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/5067 (Patch, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
- www.iss.net/security_center/static/9396.php (Patch, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
- lists.apache.org/thread.html/29dc6c2b625789e70a9c4756b5a327e6547273ff8bde7e0327… (mailing-list)
- lists.apache.org/thread.html/c62b0e3a7bf23342352a5810c640a94b6db69957c5c19db507… (mailing-list)
- lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb71997f506c6cc8b530dd845c084995a9878098846c7b4eac… (mailing-list)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2002-0935?
- CVE-2002-0935 is a vulnerability in Apache Tomcat. Published 2002-10-04.
- Is CVE-2002-0935 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.