Description
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.
Metrics
CVSS 2.0 5.0/10
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:PAffected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2002-q2/0120.html
- http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/277940
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9396.phpPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.osvdb.org/5051
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5067Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/29dc6c2b625789e70a9c4756b5a327e6547273ff8bde7e0327af48c5%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/c62b0e3a7bf23342352a5810c640a94b6db69957c5c19db507004d74%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb71997f506c6cc8b530dd845c084995a9878098846c7b4eacfae8db3%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2002-q2/0120.html
- http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/277940
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9396.phpPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.osvdb.org/5051
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5067Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/29dc6c2b625789e70a9c4756b5a327e6547273ff8bde7e0327af48c5%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/c62b0e3a7bf23342352a5810c640a94b6db69957c5c19db507004d74%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb71997f506c6cc8b530dd845c084995a9878098846c7b4eacfae8db3%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
Timeline
- Published
- Oct 4, 2002
- Last modified
- Jun 16, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified