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Fencer Vulns
medium 5.0

CVE-2005-3510 json

Apache Tomcat Vulnerable to Denial of Service (DoS) via Simultaneous Requests

published 2005-11-06 21 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also GHSA-8f4w-jwqv-5cxc , EUVD-2005-3509

cvss
5.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
6.0%
EPSS 6.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 93%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • maven org.apache.tomcat:tomcat 5.5.12
  • ant certificate system 7.3 1.6.5-1jpp_1rh
  • axis certificate system 7.3 1.2.1-1jpp_3rh
  • mx4j certificate system 7.3 1:3.0.1-1jpp_4rh
  • log4j certificate system 7.3 1.2.12-1jpp_1rh
  • tomcat5 certificate system 7.3 5.5.23-0jpp_4rh.16
  • rhpki-ca certificate system 7.3 7.3.0-20.el4
  • pcsc-lite certificate system 7.3 1.3.3-3.el4
  • rhpki-kra certificate system 7.3 7.3.0-14.el4

red hat advisories RHSA-2010:0602RHSA-2008:0524RHSA-2008:0261RHSA-2007:1069RHSA-2007:0340

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2005-3510 updated

tomcat DoS

  • Red Hat Application Server 3AS tomcat5 5.0.30-0jpp_5rh, tomcat5-webapps 5.0.30-0jpp_5rh, tomcat5-admin-webapps 5.0.30-0jpp_5rh Red Hat Application Server 3ES tomcat5 5.0.30-0jpp_5rh, tomcat5-webapps 5.0.30-0jpp_5rh, tomcat5-admin-webapps 5.0.30-0jpp_5rh Red Hat Application Server 3WS tomcat5 5.0.30-0jpp_5rh, tomcat5-webapps 5.0.30-0jpp_5rh, tomcat5-admin-webapps 5.0.30-0jpp_5rh
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2007:0340
  • Red Hat Application Server v2 4AS
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2006:0161
  • Red Hat Certificate System 7.3 for 4AS ant 1.6.5-1jpp_1rh, axis 1.2.1-1jpp_3rh, mx4j 3.0.1-1jpp_4rh, log4j 1.2.12-1jpp_1rh, pcsc-lite 1.3.3-3.el4, rhpki-ca 7.3.0-20.el4, +31 more Red Hat Certificate System 7.3 for 4ES ant 1.6.5-1jpp_1rh, axis 1.2.1-1jpp_3rh, mx4j 3.0.1-1jpp_4rh, log4j 1.2.12-1jpp_1rh, pcsc-lite 1.3.3-3.el4, rhpki-ca 7.3.0-20.el4, +31 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2010:0602
  • Red Hat Satellite 5.0 (RHEL v.4 AS) tyrex 1.0.1-2jpp_2rh, jabberd 2.0s10-3.38.rhn, jfreechart 0.9.20-3.rhn, tomcat5 5.0.30-0jpp_6rh, tomcat5 5.0.30-0jpp_10rh, perl-Crypt-CBC 2.24-1.el4, +7 more Red Hat Satellite v 4.0 (RHEL v.3 AS) tyrex 1.0.1-2jpp_2rh, tomcat5 5.0.30-0jpp_6rh, jakarta-commons-pool 1.2-2jpp_2rh Red Hat Satellite v 4.0 (RHEL v.4 AS) tyrex 1.0.1-2jpp_2rh, tomcat5 5.0.30-0jpp_6rh, jakarta-commons-pool 1.2-2jpp_2rh Red Hat Satellite v 4.1 (RHEL v.3 AS) tyrex 1.0.1-2jpp_2rh, tomcat5 5.0.30-0jpp_6rh, jakarta-commons-pool 1.2-2jpp_2rh Red Hat Satellite v 4.1 (RHEL v.4 AS) tyrex 1.0.1-2jpp_2rh, tomcat5 5.0.30-0jpp_6rh, jakarta-commons-pool 1.2-2jpp_2rh Red Hat Satellite v 4.2 (RHEL v.3 AS) tyrex 1.0.1-2jpp_2rh, jabberd 2.0s10-3.37.rhn, jfreechart 0.9.20-3.rhn, tomcat5 5.0.30-0jpp_6rh, tomcat5 5.0.30-0jpp_10rh, perl-Crypt-CBC 2.24-1.el3, +7 more
    +1 more products
    Red Hat Satellite v 4.2 (RHEL v.4 AS) tyrex 1.0.1-2jpp_2rh, jabberd 2.0s10-3.38.rhn, jfreechart 0.9.20-3.rhn, tomcat5 5.0.30-0jpp_6rh, tomcat5 5.0.30-0jpp_10rh, perl-Crypt-CBC 2.24-1.el4, +7 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2007:1069

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Exploit prediction

5.95% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 93% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
maven org.apache.tomcat:tomcat
>=5.5.0, <5.5.12
5.5.12

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-770 Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

References

Sources

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