CVE-2016-6817: Buffer Overflow
First published: Thu Aug 10 2017(Updated: )
The HTTP/2 header parser in Apache Tomcat 9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.0.M11 and 8.5.0 to 8.5.6 entered an infinite loop if a header was received that was larger than the available buffer. This made a denial of service attack possible.
Credit: security@apache.org security@apache.org security@apache.org
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| Apache Tomcat | =8.5.0 | |
| Apache Tomcat | =8.5.1 | |
| Apache Tomcat | =8.5.2 | |
| Apache Tomcat | =8.5.3 | |
| Apache Tomcat | =8.5.4 | |
| Apache Tomcat | =8.5.5 | |
| Apache Tomcat | =8.5.6 | |
| Apache Tomcat | =9.0.0-m1 | |
| Apache Tomcat | =9.0.0-m10 | |
| Apache Tomcat | =9.0.0-m11 | |
| Apache Tomcat | =9.0.0-m2 | |
| Apache Tomcat | =9.0.0-m3 | |
| Apache Tomcat | =9.0.0-m4 | |
| Apache Tomcat | =9.0.0-m5 | |
| Apache Tomcat | =9.0.0-m6 | |
| Apache Tomcat | =9.0.0-m7 | |
| Apache Tomcat | =9.0.0-m8 | |
| Apache Tomcat | =9.0.0-m9 | |
| maven/org.apache.tomcat:tomcat | >=8.5.0<8.5.8 | 8.5.8 |
| maven/org.apache.tomcat:tomcat | >=9.0.0.M1<=9.0.0.M11 | 9.0.0.M12 |
| Apache Tomcat | =9.0.0-milestone1 | |
| Apache Tomcat | =9.0.0-milestone10 | |
| Apache Tomcat | =9.0.0-milestone11 | |
| Apache Tomcat | =9.0.0-milestone2 | |
| Apache Tomcat | =9.0.0-milestone3 | |
| Apache Tomcat | =9.0.0-milestone4 | |
| Apache Tomcat | =9.0.0-milestone5 | |
| Apache Tomcat | =9.0.0-milestone6 | |
| Apache Tomcat | =9.0.0-milestone7 | |
| Apache Tomcat | =9.0.0-milestone8 | |
| Apache Tomcat | =9.0.0-milestone9 | |
| =8.5.0 | ||
| =8.5.1 | ||
| =8.5.2 | ||
| =8.5.3 | ||
| =8.5.4 | ||
| =8.5.5 | ||
| =8.5.6 | ||
| =9.0.0-milestone1 | ||
| =9.0.0-milestone10 | ||
| =9.0.0-milestone11 | ||
| =9.0.0-milestone2 | ||
| =9.0.0-milestone3 | ||
| =9.0.0-milestone4 | ||
| =9.0.0-milestone5 | ||
| =9.0.0-milestone6 | ||
| =9.0.0-milestone7 | ||
| =9.0.0-milestone8 | ||
| =9.0.0-milestone9 |
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Reference Links
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94462
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037330
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/343558d982879bf88ec20dbf707f8c11255f8e219e81d45c4f8d0551@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/6af47120905aa7d8fe12f42e8ff2284fb338ba141d3b77b8c7cb61b3@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/88855876c33f2f9c532ffb75bfee570ccf0b17ffa77493745af9a17a@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/a9f24571460af003071475b75f18cad81ebcc36fa7c876965a75e32a@%3Cannounce.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/b5e3f51d28cd5d9b1809f56594f2cf63dcd6a90429e16ea9f83bbedc@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180607-0001/
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/343558d982879bf88ec20dbf707f8c11255f8e219e81d45c4f8d0551%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/6af47120905aa7d8fe12f42e8ff2284fb338ba141d3b77b8c7cb61b3%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/88855876c33f2f9c532ffb75bfee570ccf0b17ffa77493745af9a17a%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/a9f24571460af003071475b75f18cad81ebcc36fa7c876965a75e32a%40%3Cannounce.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/b5e3f51d28cd5d9b1809f56594f2cf63dcd6a90429e16ea9f83bbedc%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6817
- https://web.archive.org/web/20180115024458/http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037330
- https://web.archive.org/web/20200227174145/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94462
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-698c-2x4j-g9gq (Advisory)
- https://github.com/apache/tomcat/commit/079372fc7bac8e2e378942715c9ce26a4a72c07a
- https://github.com/apache/tomcat/commit/85c63227edabbfb4f2f500fc557480a190135d21
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180607-0001
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