Description
Apache Tomcat 7.0.0 through 7.0.6 and 6.0.0 through 6.0.30 does not enforce the maxHttpHeaderSize limit for requests involving the NIO HTTP connector, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (OutOfMemoryError) via a crafted request.
Published: 2011-02-10
Score: 5.0 Medium
EPSS: 16.3% Moderate
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-2160-1 tomcat6 security update
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-43v2-6grp-9pp9 Apache Tomcat does not enforce the maxHttpHeaderSize limit
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1097-1 Tomcat vulnerabilities
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Apache Tomcat
Redhat Enterprise Linux Jboss Enterprise Web Server
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T21:58:24.548Z

Reserved: 2011-01-20T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2011-0534

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2011-02-10T18:00:56.487

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

Link: CVE-2011-0534

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2011-01-21T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2011-0534 - Bugzilla

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