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CVE-2016-6817

The HTTP/2 header parser in Apache Tomcat 9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.0.M11 and 8.5.0 to 8.5.6 entered an infinite loop if a header was received that was larger than the a…

Impact

The HTTP/2 header parser in Apache Tomcat 9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.0.M11 and 8.5.0 to 8.5.6 entered an infinite loop if a header was received that was larger than the available buffer. This made a denial of service attack possible.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
ApacheTomcat
Versions 8.5.0, 8.5.1, 8.5.2, 8.5.3, 8.5.4, 8.5.5

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