| Name | CVE-2012-5568 |
| Description | 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| tomcat6 (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 6.0.45+dfsg-1~deb8u1 | fixed |
| tomcat7 (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 7.0.56-3+really7.0.109-1+deb8u6 | vulnerable |
| stretch | 7.0.75-1 | vulnerable |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| tomcat6 | source | (unstable) | 6.0.41-3 | unimportant | | |
| tomcat7 | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | unimportant | | |
Notes
Since 6.0.41-3, src:tomcat6 only builds a servlet and docs
No fix planned, can be mitigated by config changes:
http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/tomcat-users/200906.mbox/%3C4A3D0884.5080309@apache.org%3E