CVE-2002-0935

Apache Tomcat 4.0.3, and possibly other versions before 4.1.3 beta, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource exhaustion) via a large number of requests to the server with null characters, which causes the working threads to hang.

CVSS v2.0 5.0 MEDIUM

5.0^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2002-q2/0120.html
http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/277940
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9396.php	Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.osvdb.org/5051
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5067	Patch Vendor Advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/29dc6c2b625789e70a9c4756b5a327e6547273ff8bde7e0327af48c5%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/c62b0e3a7bf23342352a5810c640a94b6db69957c5c19db507004d74%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb71997f506c6cc8b530dd845c084995a9878098846c7b4eacfae8db3%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2002-q2/0120.html
http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/277940
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9396.php	Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.osvdb.org/5051
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5067	Patch Vendor Advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/29dc6c2b625789e70a9c4756b5a327e6547273ff8bde7e0327af48c5%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/c62b0e3a7bf23342352a5810c640a94b6db69957c5c19db507004d74%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb71997f506c6cc8b530dd845c084995a9878098846c7b4eacfae8db3%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:4.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2002-10-04 04:00

Updated : 2025-04-03 01:03

NVD link : CVE-2002-0935

Mitre link : CVE-2002-0935

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2002-0935

JSON object : View

Products Affected

apache

tomcat

CWE

NVD-CWE-Other

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