Vulnerability in Apache Tomcat
CVE-2012-0022
Apache Tomcat 5.5.x before 5.5.35, 6.x before 6.0.34, and 7.x before 7.0.23 uses an inefficient approach for handling parameters, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a request that contains many parameters and parameter values, a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-4858.
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: 0.105 (95.6th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 96th percentile — 95.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.109 · newest: 0.105 · change: -0.004
Affected products
- Apache Tomcat — versions 5.5.0, 5.5.1, 5.5.2
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2401 (vendor-advisory)
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0325.html (vendor-advisory)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/72425 (vdb-entry)
- marc.info/ (vendor-advisory)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:16925 (signature, vdb-entry)
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0078.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisories (vendor-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/48791 (third-party-advisory)
- www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujan2013-1515902.html
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/51447 (vdb-entry)