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CVE-2003-08661 exploit

Apache Tomcat Denial of Service vulnerability in the Catalina package

Also known as GHSA-7wj2-48c4-2684

Published 23 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
5.0
v2.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
34.8%
percentile 98%
Public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

The Catalina org.apache.catalina.connector.http package in Tomcat 4.0.x up to 4.0.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via several requests that do not follow the HTTP protocol, which causes Tomcat to reject later requests.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

34.82% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98% of all scored CVEs.

Exploits and detections

  • EDB-23245 Apache Tomcat 4.0.x - Non-HTTP Request Denial of Service · dos · 2003-10-15

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
>=4.0, <4.1.0
4.1.0

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

References

  • tomcat.apache.org /security-4.html · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • secunia.com /advisories/30908 · third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA, x_transferred
  • securityfocus.com /bid/8824 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
  • sunsolve.sun.com /search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-239312-1 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUNALERT, x_transferred
  • secunia.com /advisories/30899 · third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA, x_transferred
  • vupen.com /english/advisories/2008/1979/references · vdb-entry, x_refsource_VUPEN, x_transferred
  • debian.org /security/2003/dsa-395 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN, x_transferred
  • bugs.debian.org /cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=215506 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com /vulnerabilities/13429 · 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-2003-0866 · 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

Sources

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