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Apache Tomcat DoS via Malicious Get Request

High severity GitHub Reviewed Published Apr 30, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Feb 12, 2024

Package

maven org.apache.tomcat:tomcat (Maven)

Affected versions

>= 4.0.0, <= 4.1.12

Patched versions

None

Description

Tomcat 4.0 through 4.1.12, using mod_jk 1.2.1 module on Apache 1.3 through 1.3.27, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (desynchronized communications) via an HTTP GET request with a Transfer-Encoding chunked field with invalid values.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Dec 31, 2002
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Apr 30, 2022
Reviewed Feb 12, 2024
Last updated Feb 12, 2024

Severity

High

EPSS score

1.528%
(88th percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2002-2272

GHSA ID

GHSA-pqr5-9v2j-44xg

Source code

No known source code
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