CVE-2010-2227

CVE Details

Release Date:	2010-07-13
Impact:	Important	What is this?

Description

Apache Tomcat 5.5.0 through 5.5.29, 6.0.0 through 6.0.27, and 7.0.0 beta does not properly handle an invalid Transfer-Encoding header, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application outage) or obtain sensitive information via a crafted header that interferes with recycling of a buffer.

See more information about CVE-2010-2227 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score:	6.4
Vector String:	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P
Version:	2.0
Attack Vector:	Network
Attack Complexity:	Low
Authentication:	None
Confidentiality Impact:	Partial
Integrity Impact:	None
Availability Impact:	Partial

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 5 (tomcat5)	ELSA-2010-0580	2010-08-02