Description
Apache Tomcat 5.5.0 through 5.5.29, 6.0.0 through 6.0.27, and 7.0.0 beta does not properly handle an invalid Transfer-Encoding header, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application outage) or obtain sensitive information via a crafted header that interferes with "recycling of a buffer."
Published: 2010-07-13
Score: 6.4 Medium
EPSS: 80.2% High
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-2207-1 tomcat5.5 security update
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-cxg2-49rq-8gcr Apache Tomcat does not properly handle an invalid Transfer-Encoding header
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-976-1 Tomcat vulnerability
References
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http://geronimo.apache.org/21x-security-report.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://geronimo.apache.org/22x-security-report.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2011//Oct/msg00003.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-November/050207.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-November/050214.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-09/msg00006.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=129070310906557&w=2 cve-icon cve-icon
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=136485229118404&w=2 cve-icon cve-icon
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=139344343412337&w=2 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/40813 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/41025 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/42079 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/42368 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/42454 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/43310 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/44183 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/57126 cve-icon cve-icon
http://securitytracker.com/id?1024180 cve-icon cve-icon
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5002 cve-icon cve-icon
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=958911 cve-icon cve-icon
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=958977 cve-icon cve-icon
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=959428 cve-icon cve-icon
http://tomcat.apache.org/security-5.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://tomcat.apache.org/security-6.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://tomcat.apache.org/security-7.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2207 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:176 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:177 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.novell.com/support/viewContent.do?externalId=7007274 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.novell.com/support/viewContent.do?externalId=7007275 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0580.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0581.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0582.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0583.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/512272/100/0/threaded cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/516397/100/0/threaded cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/41544 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0003.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vmware.com/support/vsphere4/doc/vsp_vc41_u1_rel_notes.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1986 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2868 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3056 cve-icon cve-icon
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/60264 cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/06cfb634bc7bf37af7d8f760f118018746ad8efbd519c4b789ac9c2e%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/8dcaf7c3894d66cb717646ea1504ea6e300021c85bb4e677dc16b1aa%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r3aacc40356defc3f248aa504b1e48e819dd0471a0a83349080c6bcbf%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r584a714f141eff7b1c358d4679288177bd4ca4558e9999d15867d4b5%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E cve-icon cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-2227 cve-icon
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A18532 cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-2227 cve-icon
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T02:25:07.395Z

Reserved: 2010-06-09T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2010-2227

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Status : Modified

Published: 2010-07-13T17:30:03.750

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2010-2227

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2010-07-08T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2010-2227 - Bugzilla

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