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ID:3604 - Exploit for Resource management error in Apache Tomcat - CVE-2020-11996
ID:3604 - Exploit for Resource management error in Apache Tomcat - CVE-2020-11996
Published: July 28, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU29333
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-11996
CWE-ID: CWE-399
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Vulnerable software:
Apache Tomcat
Apache Tomcat
Link to public exploit:
Vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to improper management of internal resources with the application when processing HTTP/2 requests. A remote attacker can send specially crafted sequence of HTTP/2 requests to the affected server and trigger high CPU load for several seconds. A large number of such requests causes denial of service.
Remediation
Install updates from vendor's website.