(HP Issues Fix for HP OpenView Network Node Manager) Apache Tomcat Hash Table Collision Bug Lets Remote Users Deny Service
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SecurityTracker Alert ID: 1026850 |
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SecurityTracker URL: http://securitytracker.com/id/1026850
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CVE Reference:
CVE-2012-0022
(Links to External Site)
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Date: Mar 27 2012
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Impact:
Denial of service via network
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Fix Available: Yes Vendor Confirmed: Yes Exploit Included: Yes
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Description:
A vulnerability was reported in Apache Tomcat. A remote user can cause denial of service conditions.
A remote user can send specially crafted POST request values to trigger hash collisions and cause significant performance degradation on the target server.
The original advisory is available at:
http://www.nruns.com/_downloads/advisory28122011.pdf
Alexander Klink of n.runs AG and Julian Walde of Technische Universitat Darmstadt reported this vulnerability. Scott A. Crosby and Dan S. Wallach of Rice University reported the theoretical attack.
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Impact:
A remote user can cause performance to degrade on the target server.
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Solution:
HP has issued a fix for HP OpenView.
The HP advisory is available at:
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c03231290
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Vendor URL: tomcat.apache.org/ (Links to External Site)
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Cause:
Randomization error
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Underlying OS:
UNIX (HP/UX)
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Message History:
This archive entry is a follow-up to the message listed below.
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Source Message Contents
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Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2012 20:11:09 +0000
Subject: HPSBMU02747 SSRT100771 rev.1 - HP OpenView Network Node Manager (OV NNM) Running Apache Tomcat, Remote Denial of Service (DoS)
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http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c03231290
CVE-2011-4858
CVE-2012-0022
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