CVE-2002-1895 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The servlet engine in Jakarta Apache Tomcat 3.3 and 4.0.4, when using IIS and the ajp1.3 connector, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a large number of HTTP GET requests for an MS-DOS device such as AUX, LPT1, CON, or PRN.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.02785.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Apache Subscribe	Tomcat Subscribe

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:3.3:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:4.0.4:::::::*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2002-1874	The servlet engine in Jakarta Apache Tomcat 3.3 and 4.0.4, when using IIS and the ajp1.3 connector, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a large number of HTTP GET requests for an MS-DOS device such as AUX, LPT1, CON, or PRN.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2002-q4/0020.html
http://tomcat.apache.org/security-4.html
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10348.php
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

History

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2005-06-28T04:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-08T03:43:33.115Z

Reserved: 2005-06-29T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2002-1895

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2002-12-31T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Link: CVE-2002-1895

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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