CVE-2016-6808
mod_jk: Buffer overflow when concatenating virtual host name and URI
Severity Score
9.8
*CVSS v3
Exploit Likelihood
*EPSS
Affected Versions
*CPE
Public Exploits
1
*Multiple Sources
Exploited in Wild
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*KEV
Decision
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*SSVC
Descriptions
Buffer overflow in Apache Tomcat Connectors (mod_jk) before 1.2.42.
Desbordamiento de bĂșfer en los Apache Tomcat Connectors (mod_jk) en versiones anteriores a 1.2.42.
It was found that the length checks prior to writing to the target buffer for creating a virtual host mapping rule did not take account of the length of the virtual host name, creating the potential for a buffer overflow.
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Timeline
- 2016-08-12 CVE Reserved
- 2016-10-11 CVE Published
- 2023-11-08 EPSS Updated
- 2024-08-06 CVE Updated
- 2024-08-06 First Exploit
- ---------- Exploited in Wild
- ---------- KEV Due Date
CWE
- CWE-119: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
- CWE-120: Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')
CAPEC
References (17)
URL | Date | SRC |
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http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/139071/Apache-Tomcat-JK-ISAPI-Connector-1.2.41-Buffer-Overflow.html | 2024-08-06 |
URL | Date | SRC |
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URL | Date | SRC |
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http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2957.html | 2023-11-07 | |
http://tomcat.apache.org/security-jk.html | 2023-11-07 | |
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0193 | 2023-11-07 | |
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0194 | 2023-11-07 | |
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-6808 | 2017-01-25 | |
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1382352 | 2017-01-25 |
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status | ||||||
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Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status | <-- --> | Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status |
Apache Search vendor "Apache" | Tomcat Jk Connector Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat Jk Connector" | < 1.2.42 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat Jk Connector" and version " < 1.2.42" | - |
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