The host is running Apache Tomcat Server and is prone to denial of service vulnerability.

Successful exploitation could allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a specially crafted form sent in a HTTP POST request. Impact Level: Application.

Apply patch or upgrade Apache Tomcat to 5.5.35, 6.0.35, 7.0.23 or later, For updates refer to http://tomcat.apache.org/ ***** NOTE: Ignore this warning, if above mentioned patch is manually applied. *****

The flaw is due to an error within a hash generation function when computing hash values for form parameter and updating a hash table. This can be exploited to cause a hash collision resulting in high CPU consumption via a specially crafted form sent in a HTTP POST request.

Apache Tomcat version before 5.5.35, 6.x to 6.0.34 and 7.x to 7.0.22 on Windows.

• http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-7.0-doc/changelog.html
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/903934
• http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2011-003.html
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=750521

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Updated on 2015-03-25