Vulnerable Systems:
* Apache Tomcat 7.0.0 to 7.0.27
* Apache Tomcat 6.0.0 to 6.0.35
Description:
When using the NIO connector with sendfile and HTTPS enabled, if a client breaks the connection while reading the response an infinite loop is entered leading to a denial of service. This was originally reported as
https://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=52858.
Mitigation:
Users of affected versions should apply one of the following mitigations:
- Tomcat 7.0.x users should upgrade to 7.0.28 or later
- Tomcat 6.0.x users should upgrade to 6.0.36 or later