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DEBIAN-CVE-2021-41079

DEBIAN-CVE-2021-41079 PUBLISHED CVSS 7.5 HIGH

Apache Tomcat 8.5.0 to 8.5.63, 9.0.0-M1 to 9.0.43 and 10.0.0-M1 to 10.0.2 did not properly validate incoming TLS packets. When Tomcat was configured to use NIO+OpenSSL or NIO2+OpenSSL for TLS, a specially crafted packet could be used to trigger an infinite loop resulting in a denial of service.

Risk Scores

CVSS 3.1
7.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Debian:13tomcat90, 0, 0
Debian:14tomcat90, 0, 0
Debian:11tomcat99.0.43-1, *, 0
Debian:12tomcat90, 0, 0

Exploit Intelligence

Timeline

  • Sep 16, 2021 CVE Published
  • Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated
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