SB2018051612 - Denial of service in Apache Tomcat
Published: May 16, 2018
Security Bulletin ID
SB2018051612
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Infinite loop (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-1336)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to improper handing of overflow in the UTF-8 decoder with supplementary characters. A remote attacker can send trigger an infinite loop in the decoder and cause the service to crash.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.