CVE-2005-3510

Description

Apache Tomcat 5.5.0 to 5.5.11 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a large number of simultaneous requests to list a web directory that has a large number of files.

5.0

CVSS

Severity: Medium

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 20.51% Top 5%

Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory sun.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory securitytracker.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0161.html	vendor advisory
http://tomcat.apache.org/security-4.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/30908	third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17416	third party advisory vendor advisory
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-239312-1	vendor advisory
http://www.osvdb.org/20439	vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/30899	third party advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15325	vdb entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1979/references	vdb entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/500412/100/0/threaded	mailing list
http://secunia.com/advisories/33668	third party advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/500396/100/0/threaded	mailing list
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/415782/30/0/threaded	mailing list
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0233	vdb entry
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015147	vdb entry patch vendor advisory
http://tomcat.apache.org/security-5.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0261.html	vendor advisory
http://community.ca.com/blogs/casecurityresponseblog/archive/2009/01/23.aspx
http://support.ca.com/irj/portal/anonymous/phpsupcontent?contentID=197540
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/29dc6c2b625789e70a9c4756b5a327e6547273ff8bde7e0327af48c5%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E	mailing list
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/c62b0e3a7bf23342352a5810c640a94b6db69957c5c19db507004d74%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E	mailing list
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb71997f506c6cc8b530dd845c084995a9878098846c7b4eacfae8db3%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E	mailing list

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2005-3510?: CVE-2005-3510 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2005-3510?: To fix CVE-2005-3510, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2005-3510 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2005-3510 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~21% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.