{ "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": "1037330", "refsource": "SECTRACK", "url": "http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037330" }, { "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" } ] } }