The HTTP/2 header parser in Apache Tomcat 9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.0.M11 and 8.5.0 to 8.5.6 entered an infinite loop if a header was received that was larger than the available buffer. This made a denial of service attack possible.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apache

Published: 2017-08-10T22:00:00Z

Updated: 2024-09-16T17:14:31.052Z

Reserved: 2016-08-12T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2016-6817

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-08-10T22:29:00.233

Modified: 2023-12-08T16:41:18.860

Link: CVE-2016-6817

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-6817 - Bugzilla