Apache Tomcat HTTP/2 Header Parser Denial of Service Vulnerability

CVE-2016-6817 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:L/AU:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

The 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.

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