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Apache Tomcat Remote Malformed Request Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Vulnerability Assessment Summary Checks for remote malformed request denial of service vulnerability in Apache Tomcat Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment Summary : The remote AJP connector is affected by a denial of service issue. Description : According to its banner, the version of Apache Tomcat installed on the remote host suffers from a denial of service vulnerability due to its failure to handle malformed input. By submitting a specially-crafted AJP12 request, an unauthenticated attacker can cause Tomcat to stop responding. At present, details on the specific nature of such requests are not generally known. See also : http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/JGEI-6A2LEF Solution : Upgrade to Apache Tomcat version 5.x or later. Network Security Threat Level: Low / CVSS Base Score : 2 (AV:R/AC:L/Au:NR/C:N/A:P/I:N/B:N) Networks Security ID: 12795 Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is Copyright (C) 2005-2006 Tenable Network Security

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