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Apache Tomcat: Important: Denial of Service (CVE-2023-44487)

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Apache Tomcat: Important: Denial of Service (CVE-2023-44487)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
10/11/2023
Created
10/11/2023
Added
10/11/2023
Modified
11/07/2023

Description

The HTTP/2 protocol allows a denial of service (server resource consumption) because request cancellation can reset many streams quickly, as exploited in the wild in August through October 2023.

Solution(s)

  • apache-tomcat-upgrade-10_1_14
  • apache-tomcat-upgrade-8_5_94
  • apache-tomcat-upgrade-9_0_81

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