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CVE-2002-0935

Apache Tomcat DoS Via Requests Including Null Characters

Also known as GHSA-xmf4-j3j7-xj7q

Published 24 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
5.0
v2.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
7.9%
percentile 95%
Public exploits
0
none known

Apache Tomcat 4.0.3, and possibly other versions before 4.1.3 beta, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource exhaustion) via a large number of requests to the server with null characters, which causes the working threads to hang.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

7.85% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 95% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD2.05.0AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixed in
mavenorg.apache.tomcat:tomcat
<4.1.3-beta
4.1.3-beta

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

References

  • online.securityfocus.com /archive/1/277940 · mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ, x_transferred
  • archives.neohapsis.com /archives/vulnwatch/2002-q2/0120.html · mailing-list, x_refsource_VULNWATCH, x_transferred
  • osvdb.org /5051 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_OSVDB, x_transferred
  • securityfocus.com /bid/5067 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
  • iss.net /security_center/static/9396.php · vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF, x_transferred
  • lists.apache.org /thread.html/29dc6c2b625789e70a9c4756b5a327e6547273ff8bde7e0327af48c5%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apac · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, x_transferred
  • lists.apache.org /thread.html/c62b0e3a7bf23342352a5810c640a94b6db69957c5c19db507004d74%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apac · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, x_transferred
  • lists.apache.org /thread.html/rb71997f506c6cc8b530dd845c084995a9878098846c7b4eacfae8db3%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apa · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, x_transferred
  • nvd.nist.gov /vuln/detail/CVE-2002-0935 · advisory
  • lists.apache.org /thread.html/29dc6c2b625789e70a9c4756b5a327e6547273ff8bde7e0327af48c5@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache · web
  • lists.apache.org /thread.html/c62b0e3a7bf23342352a5810c640a94b6db69957c5c19db507004d74@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache · web
  • lists.apache.org /thread.html/rb71997f506c6cc8b530dd845c084995a9878098846c7b4eacfae8db3@%3Cdev.tomcat.apach · web
  • web.archive.org /web/20020822030311/http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9396.php · web
  • web.archive.org /web/20021010182017/http://online.securityfocus.com/bid/5067 · web
  • web.archive.org /web/20021116054924/http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/277940 · web
  • web.archive.org /web/20070525180638/http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2002-q2/0120.html · web

Sources

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