MEDIUMCVSS 5.0

CVE-2012-5568

CVE-2012-5568 updated by NVD

Modified: 2026-10-11
Sources: nvd

Summary

Apache Tomcat through 7.0.x allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon outage) via partial HTTP requests, as demonstrated by Slowloris.

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-5568

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