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.
Fix
Patch, vendor advisory and mitigation references on NVD 4
- http://tomcat.10.n6.nabble.com/How-does-Tomcat-handle-a-slow-HTTP-DoS-tc2147776.html Vendor Advisory
- http://tomcat.10.n6.nabble.com/How-does-Tomcat-handle-a-slow-HTTP-DoS-tc2147779.html Vendor Advisory
- http://tomcat.10.n6.nabble.com/How-does-Tomcat-handle-a-slow-HTTP-DoS-tc2147776.html Vendor Advisory
- http://tomcat.10.n6.nabble.com/How-does-Tomcat-handle-a-slow-HTTP-DoS-tc2147779.html Vendor Advisory
Every line above is quoted from NVD, CISA, Microsoft, the vendor's own advisory or DISA; nothing is generated.
Change history 1
- First seenCVSS 5.0 · apache, opensuseNVD modified 2026-10-09 20:17
Affected (CPE criteria) 4
cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:11.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:12.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:12.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
References 20
- http://captainholly.wordpress.com/2009/06/19/slowloris-vs-tomcat/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-12/msg00089.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-12/msg00090.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00037.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/26/2 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://tomcat.10.n6.nabble.com/How-does-Tomcat-handle-a-slow-HTTP-DoS-tc2147776.html Vendor Advisory
- http://tomcat.10.n6.nabble.com/How-does-Tomcat-handle-a-slow-HTTP-DoS-tc2147779.html Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56686 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=880011 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80317 Third 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.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-12/msg00090.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00037.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/26/2 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://tomcat.10.n6.nabble.com/How-does-Tomcat-handle-a-slow-HTTP-DoS-tc2147776.html Vendor Advisory
- http://tomcat.10.n6.nabble.com/How-does-Tomcat-handle-a-slow-HTTP-DoS-tc2147779.html Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56686 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=880011 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80317 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry