ghsa-8f4w-jwqv-5cxc
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Published
2022-05-01 02:18
Modified
2025-04-03 14:35
Severity ?
8.7 (High) - CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Summary
Apache Tomcat Vulnerable to Denial of Service (DoS) via Simultaneous Requests
Details

Apache Tomcat 5.5.0 to 5.5.11 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a large number of simultaneous requests to list a web directory that has a large number of files.

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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "database_specific": {
        "last_known_affected_version_range": "\u003c= 5.5.11"
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Maven",
        "name": "org.apache.tomcat:tomcat"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "5.5.0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "5.5.12"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2005-3510"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-770"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2025-04-03T14:35:20Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2005-11-06T11:02:00Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "Apache Tomcat 5.5.0 to 5.5.11 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a large number of simultaneous requests to list a web directory that has a large number of files.",
  "id": "GHSA-8f4w-jwqv-5cxc",
  "modified": "2025-04-03T14:35:20Z",
  "published": "2022-05-01T02:18:48Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-3510"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/apache/tomcat"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/29dc6c2b625789e70a9c4756b5a327e6547273ff8bde7e0327af48c5%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/29dc6c2b625789e70a9c4756b5a327e6547273ff8bde7e0327af48c5@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/c62b0e3a7bf23342352a5810c640a94b6db69957c5c19db507004d74%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/c62b0e3a7bf23342352a5810c640a94b6db69957c5c19db507004d74@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb71997f506c6cc8b530dd845c084995a9878098846c7b4eacfae8db3%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb71997f506c6cc8b530dd845c084995a9878098846c7b4eacfae8db3@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20200228054210/http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/415782/30/0/threaded"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20200229175931/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15325"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20200517122628/http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/500396/100/0/threaded"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20200517153851/http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/500412/100/0/threaded"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20200922015809/http://securitytracker.com/id?1015147"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://community.ca.com/blogs/casecurityresponseblog/archive/2009/01/23.aspx"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-239312-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://support.ca.com/irj/portal/anonymous/phpsupcontent?contentID=197540"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://tomcat.apache.org/security-4.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://tomcat.apache.org/security-5.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0161.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0261.html"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V4"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "Apache Tomcat Vulnerable to Denial of Service (DoS) via Simultaneous Requests"
}


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