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Medium 5.0Published Nov 30, 2012
CVE-2012-5568Apache Tomcat through 7.0.x allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon outage) via partial HTTP requests, as demonstrated by Slowloris.
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Apache Tomcat through 7.0.x allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon outage) via partial HTTP requests, as demonstrated by Slowloris.
- CVSS
- 5.0 MEDIUM (v2.0, NVD)AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- Weakness (CWE)
- Not given
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- redhat
- NVD analysis
- Modified
- Record last updated
- Oct 9, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
apache tomcat apache:tomcat | from 7.0.0 through 7.0.105 | NVD |
opensuse opensuse opensuse:opensuse | 11.4; 12.1; 12.2 | NVD |
References
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/26/2mailing-list, x-refsource-mlist
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-12/msg00089.htmlvendor-advisory, x-refsource-suse
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56686vdb-entry, x-refsource-bid
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00037.htmlvendor-advisory, x-refsource-suse
- http://captainholly.wordpress.com/2009/06/19/slowloris-vs-tomcat/x-refsource-misc
- http://tomcat.10.n6.nabble.com/How-does-Tomcat-handle-a-slow-HTTP-DoS-tc2147779.htmlmailing-list, x-refsource-mlist
- http://tomcat.10.n6.nabble.com/How-does-Tomcat-handle-a-slow-HTTP-DoS-tc2147776.htmlmailing-list, x-refsource-mlist
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=880011x-refsource-confirm
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-12/msg00090.htmlvendor-advisory, x-refsource-suse
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80317vdb-entry, x-refsource-xf
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