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CVE-2002-2272

Apache Tomcat DoS via Malicious Get Request

Public exploit code

Working exploit or proof of concept code has been published for this vulnerability. Treat unpatched systems as at risk.

Impact

Tomcat 4.0 through 4.1.12, using mod_jk 1.2.1 module on Apache 1.3 through 1.3.27, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (desynchronized communications) via an HTTP GET request with a Transfer-Encoding chunked field with invalid values.

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixed in
mavenorg.apache.tomcat:tomcat>= 4.0.0, <= 4.1.12none recorded

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
ApacheHttp Server
Versions 1.3, 1.3.0, 1.3.1, 1.3.2, 1.3.10, 1.3.11
ApacheTomcat
Versions 4.0.0, 4.0.1, 4.0.2, 4.0.3, 4.0.4, 4.0.5

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