{ "CVE_data_meta" : { "ASSIGNER" : "security@apache.org", "DATE_PUBLIC" : "2016-11-22T00:00:00", "ID" : "CVE-2016-6817", "STATE" : "PUBLIC" }, "affects" : { "vendor" : { "vendor_data" : [ { "product" : { "product_data" : [ { "product_name" : "Apache Tomcat", "version" : { "version_data" : [ { "version_value" : "9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.0.M11" }, { "version_value" : "8.5.0 to 8.5.6" } ] } } ] }, "vendor_name" : "Apache Software Foundation" } ] } }, "data_format" : "MITRE", "data_type" : "CVE", "data_version" : "4.0", "description" : { "description_data" : [ { "lang" : "eng", "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." } ] }, "problemtype" : { "problemtype_data" : [ { "description" : [ { "lang" : "eng", "value" : "Denial of Service" } ] } ] }, "references" : { "reference_data" : [ { "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" }, { "name" : "https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180607-0001/", "refsource" : "CONFIRM", "url" : "https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180607-0001/" }, { "name" : "94462", "refsource" : "BID", "url" : "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94462" }, { "name" : "1037330", "refsource" : "SECTRACK", "url" : "http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037330" } ] } }