CVE-2010-2227

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.4 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 54.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2010-07-13 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Apache Tomcat 5.5.0 through 5.5.29, 6.0.0 through 6.0.27, and 7.0.0 beta does not properly handle an invalid Transfer-Encoding header, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application outage) or obtain sensitive information via a crafted header that interferes with "recycling of a buffer."

Affected products

Apache Tomcat: 5.5.0, 5.5.1, 5.5.2, 5.5.3, 5.5.4, 5.5.5 (+49)

References

http://geronimo.apache.org/21x-security-report.html
http://geronimo.apache.org/22x-security-report.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2011//Oct/msg00003.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-November/050207.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-November/050214.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-09/msg00006.html
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=129070310906557&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=136485229118404&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=139344343412337&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/40813
http://secunia.com/advisories/41025
http://secunia.com/advisories/42079

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