Re: CVE-2012-0022 details

2012-01-21 Thread Konstantin Kolinko
2012/1/21 David Jorm : > Hi All > > I am working on resolving the CVE-2012-0022 DoS in JBoss Web, and I wanted to > confirm some details if anyone can help. Based on reading the advisory and > Tomcat patch code, it seems to me that the issue is simply slow processing > when a very large number o

clarification on "Correct error in fix for 49683"

2012-01-21 Thread Mike Wertheim
The change log for Tomcat 7.0.25 contains this entry: "Correct error in fix for 49683. (markt)" Is this bug fix expected to fix the file descriptor leak that was reported in Tomcat 7.0.23? - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr

[ANN] Apache Tomcat 7.0.25 released

2012-01-21 Thread Mark Thomas
The Apache Tomcat team announces the immediate availability of Apache Tomcat 7.0.25 This release includes numerous bug fixes and several new features compared to version 7.0.23. The notable new features include: * Align the Servlet 3.0 implementation with the changes defined in the first mainten

Re: CVE-2012-0022 details

2012-01-21 Thread Mark Thomas
On 21/01/2012 12:02, David Jorm wrote: > The point of my question was to check whether my understanding of the > CVE-2012-0022 issue is complete, i.e. whether the issue is just slow > processing leading to a DoS when a very large number of parameters is > received with a request. Correct. CVE-201

Re: CVE-2012-0022 details

2012-01-21 Thread David Jorm
On 01/21/2012 07:16 PM, Remy Maucherat wrote: On Sat, Jan 21, 2012 at 9:02 AM, David Jorm wrote: Hi All I am working on resolving the CVE-2012-0022 DoS in JBoss Web, and I wanted to confirm some details if anyone can help. Based on reading the advisory and Tomcat patch code, it seems to me t

Re: CVE-2012-0022 details

2012-01-21 Thread Remy Maucherat
On Sat, Jan 21, 2012 at 9:02 AM, David Jorm wrote: > Hi All > > I am working on resolving the CVE-2012-0022 DoS in JBoss Web, and I wanted to > confirm some details if anyone can help. Based on reading the advisory and > Tomcat patch code, it seems to me that the issue is simply slow processing

CVE-2012-0022 details

2012-01-21 Thread David Jorm
Hi All I am working on resolving the CVE-2012-0022 DoS in JBoss Web, and I wanted to confirm some details if anyone can help. Based on reading the advisory and Tomcat patch code, it seems to me that the issue is simply slow processing when a very large number of parameters is received with a re