Apache Jakarta Tomcat up to 5.x AJP12 Protocol denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Apache Jakarta Tomcat up to 5.x and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component AJP12 Protocol Handler. The manipulation leads to denial of service. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2005-0808. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. The affected component should be upgraded.

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A vulnerability was found in Apache Jakarta Tomcat up to 5.x. It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects an unknown part of the component AJP12 Protocol Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:

Apache Tomcat before 5.x allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted AJP12 packet to TCP port 8007.

The bug was discovered 03/14/2005. The weakness was disclosed 03/14/2005 by Hitachi Incident Response Team with Hitachi Incident Response Team (Website). The advisory is shared at kb.cert.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2005-0808 since 03/20/2005. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1499 for this issue.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 17322 (Apache Tomcat AJP12 Protocol Malformed Packet Remote DoS), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Web Servers and running in the context r.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at jakarta.apache.org. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (19681), Tenable (17322), SecurityFocus (BID 12795†), OSVDB (14770†) and Secunia (SA14569†). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Nessus ID: 17322
Nessus Name: Apache Tomcat AJP12 Protocol Malformed Packet Remote DoS
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Patch: jakarta.apache.org
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apache.org

Advisory: kb.cert.org
Researcher: Hitachi Incident Response Team
Organization: Hitachi Incident Response Team
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2005-0808 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-0808
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-1277
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X-Force: 19681
SecurityFocus: 12795 - Apache Tomcat Remote Malformed Request Denial Of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 14569 - Apache Tomcat AJP12 Protocol Denial of Service Vulnerability, Less Critical
OSVDB: 14770 - Apache Tomcat AJP12 Protocol Malformed Packet Remote DoS
SecurityTracker: 1013432
Vulnerability Center: 7379 - DoS in Apache Tomcat 3.x, High

Entryinfo

Created: 03/21/2005 10:24
Updated: 11/21/2024 21:52
Changes: 03/21/2005 10:24 (88), 07/01/2019 17:17 (1), 11/21/2024 21:52 (17)
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