apache/tomcat · Security

Improper Input Validation in Apache Tomcat

GHSA ID
GHSA-42j3-498q-m6vp
CVE ID
CVE-2014-0227
Severity
medium
Published
Updated

Description

java/org/apache/coyote/http11/filters/ChunkedInputFilter.java in Apache Tomcat 6.x before 6.0.42, 7.x before 7.0.55, and 8.x before 8.0.9 does not properly handle attempts to continue reading data after an error has occurred, which allows remote attackers to conduct HTTP request smuggling attacks or cause a denial of service (resource consumption) by streaming data with malformed chunked transfer coding.

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