VDB
RHSA-2015%3A1621
RHSA-2015%3A1621
PUBLISHED
CVSS 5 MEDIUM
It was found that Tomcat would keep connections open after processing requests with a large enough request body. A remote attacker could potentially use this flaw to exhaust the pool of available connections and preventing further, legitimate connections to the Tomcat server to be made.
Risk Scores
CVSS 2.0
5
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat | Red Hat JBoss Web Server 2.1 |
Timeline
- Aug 13, 2015 CVE Published
- Jan 28, 2026 CVE Updated
- Apr 30, 2026 Distribution Patch
- Apr 30, 2026 Distribution Patch
- Apr 30, 2026 Security Advisory
- Apr 30, 2026 Security Advisory
- Apr 30, 2026 Security Advisory
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:1621 advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/jbossnetwork/restricted/listSoftware.html?product=webserver&downloadType=securityPatches&version=2.1.0 advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1191200 issue
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1222573 issue
- https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2015/rhsa-2015_1621.json advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-0230 advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-0230 advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-0230 advisory
- http://tomcat.apache.org/security-6.html#Fixed_in_Apache_Tomcat_6.0.44 advisory
- http://tomcat.apache.org/security-7.html#Fixed_in_Apache_Tomcat_7.0.55 advisory
- http://tomcat.apache.org/security-8.html#Fixed_in_Apache_Tomcat_8.0.9 advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-7810 advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-7810 advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-7810 advisory
- http://tomcat.apache.org/security-7.html#Fixed_in_Apache_Tomcat_7.0.59 advisory
- http://tomcat.apache.org/security-8.html#Fixed_in_Apache_Tomcat_8.0.17 advisory