CVE-2017-6056

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 9
Modified
Published: 17 Feb 2017, 07:45
Last modified:05 Aug 2024, 15:18

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
33/100
CVSS Score
7.5 HIGH
v3.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
13.83% MEDIUM
14% probability +5.10%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

17 Feb 2017, 07:45
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
05 Aug 2024, 15:18
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

It was discovered that a programming error in the processing of HTTPS requests in the Apache Tomcat servlet and JSP engine may result in denial of service via an infinite loop. The denial of service is easily achievable as a consequence of backporting a CVE-2016-6816 fix but not backporting the fix for Tomcat bug 57544. Distributions affected by this backporting issue include Debian (before 7.0.56-3+deb8u8 and 8.0.14-1+deb8u7 in jessie) and Ubuntu.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.0•HIGH•Score: 7.5CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • v2.0•MEDIUM•Score: 5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 13.83%• Percentile: 94%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-835•Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')

    The product contains an iteration or loop with an exit condition that cannot be reached, i.e., an infinite loop.

Affected Systems

  • canonical•ubuntu_linux

    12.04 | 14.04

  • debian•debian_linux

    8.0

References (17)