CVE-2016-6817

NameCVE-2016-6817
DescriptionThe HTTP/2 header parser in Apache Tomcat 9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.0.M11 and 8.5.0 to 8.5.6 entered an infinite loop if a header was received that was larger than the available buffer. This made a denial of service attack possible.
SourceCVE (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 PackageReleaseVersionStatus
tomcat6 (PTS)jessie, jessie (lts)6.0.45+dfsg-1~deb8u1fixed
tomcat7 (PTS)jessie, jessie (lts)7.0.56-3+really7.0.109-1+deb8u6fixed
stretch7.0.75-1fixed
tomcat8 (PTS)jessie, jessie (lts)8.0.14-1+deb8u28fixed
stretch (security)8.5.54-0+deb9u8fixed
stretch (lts), stretch8.5.54-0+deb9u15fixed
tomcat9 (PTS)buster (security), buster, buster (lts)9.0.31-1~deb10u12fixed
bullseye (security), bullseye9.0.43-2~deb11u10fixed
bookworm9.0.70-2fixed
sid, trixie9.0.95-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
tomcat6source(unstable)(not affected)
tomcat7source(unstable)(not affected)
tomcat8source(unstable)(not affected)
tomcat9source(unstable)(not affected)

Notes

- tomcat9 <not-affected> (Fixed before initial upload to Debian)
- tomcat8 <not-affected> (Only affects 9.x and 8.5.x)
- tomcat7 <not-affected> (Only affects 9.x and 8.5.x)
- tomcat6 <not-affected> (Only affects 9.x and 8.5.x)

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