cvelist/2016/6xxx/CVE-2016-6817.json

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        "DATE_PUBLIC": "2016-11-22T00:00:00",
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                "value": "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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            {
                "name": "1037330",
                "refsource": "SECTRACK",
                "url": "http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037330"
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            {
                "name": "[announce] 20161122 [SECURITY] CVE-2016-6817 Apache Tomcat Denial of Service",
                "refsource": "MLIST",
                "url": "https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/a9f24571460af003071475b75f18cad81ebcc36fa7c876965a75e32a@%3Cannounce.tomcat.apache.org%3E"
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                "name": "https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180607-0001/",
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            },
            {
                "name": "94462",
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