Description
Apache Tomcat 4.0.3, and possibly other versions before 4.1.3 beta, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource exhaustion) via a large number of requests to the server with null characters, which causes the working threads to hang.
Affected products
- apache / Tomcat4.0.3 – 4.0.3
References
- MISChttp://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/277940
- MISChttp://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2002-q2/0120.html
- MISChttp://www.osvdb.org/5051
- MISChttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5067
- MISChttp://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9396.php
- MAILING_LISThttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/29dc6c2b625789e70a9c4756b5a327e6547273ff8bde7e0327af48c5%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- MAILING_LISThttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/c62b0e3a7bf23342352a5810c640a94b6db69957c5c19db507004d74%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- MAILING_LISThttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb71997f506c6cc8b530dd845c084995a9878098846c7b4eacfae8db3%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E