CVE-2012-5568

Apache Tomcat through 7.0.x allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon outage) via partial HTTP requests, as demonstrated by Slowloris.

• http://captainholly.wordpress.com/2009/06/19/slowloris-vs-tomcat/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-12/msg00089.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-12/msg00090.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00037.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/26/2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://tomcat.10.n6.nabble.com/How-does-Tomcat-handle-a-slow-HTTP-DoS-tc2147776.htmlVendor Advisory
• http://tomcat.10.n6.nabble.com/How-does-Tomcat-handle-a-slow-HTTP-DoS-tc2147779.htmlVendor Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56686Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=880011Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80317Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://captainholly.wordpress.com/2009/06/19/slowloris-vs-tomcat/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-12/msg00089.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-12/msg00090.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00037.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/26/2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://tomcat.10.n6.nabble.com/How-does-Tomcat-handle-a-slow-HTTP-DoS-tc2147776.htmlVendor Advisory
• http://tomcat.10.n6.nabble.com/How-does-Tomcat-handle-a-slow-HTTP-DoS-tc2147779.htmlVendor Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56686Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=880011Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80317Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

Published

Nov 30, 2012

Last Modified

Jun 16, 2026

Status

Modified

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