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CVE-2020-11996 Detail

Current Description

A specially crafted sequence of HTTP/2 requests sent to Apache Tomcat 10.0.0-M1 to 10.0.0-M5, 9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.35 and 8.5.0 to 8.5.55 could trigger high CPU usage for several seconds. If a sufficient number of such requests were made on concurrent HTTP/2 connections, the server could become unresponsive.


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CVSS 3.x Severity and Metrics:

NIST CVSS score
NIST: NVD
Base Score:  7.5 HIGH
Vector:  CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H


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Hyperlink Resource
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00064.html Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00072.html Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r2529016c311ce9485e6f173446d469600fdfbb94dccadfcd9dfdac79@%3Cusers.tomcat.apache.org%3E Mailing List  Vendor Advisory 
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r3ea96d8f36dd404acce83df8aeb22a9e807d6c13ca9c5dec72f872cd@%3Cnotifications.ofbiz.apache.org%3E Mailing List  Vendor Advisory 
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r5541ef6b6b68b49f76fc4c45695940116da2bcbe0312ef204a00a2e0%40%3Cannounce.tomcat.apache.org%3E Mailing List  Vendor Advisory 
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r5a4f80a6acc6607d61dae424b643b594c6188dd4e1eff04705c10db2@%3Cnotifications.ofbiz.apache.org%3E Mailing List  Vendor Advisory 
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r6c29801370a36c1a5159679269777ad0c73276d3015b8bbefea66e5c@%3Cnotifications.ofbiz.apache.org%3E Mailing List  Vendor Advisory 
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r74f5a8204efe574cbfcd95b2a16236fe95beb45c4d9fee3dc789dca9@%3Ccommits.ofbiz.apache.org%3E Mailing List  Patch  Vendor Advisory 
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r8f3d416c193bc9384a8a7dd368623d441f5fcaff1057115008100561@%3Ccommits.ofbiz.apache.org%3E Mailing List  Patch  Vendor Advisory 
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r8f7484589454638af527182ae55ef5b628ba00c05c5b11887c922fb1@%3Cnotifications.ofbiz.apache.org%3E Mailing List  Vendor Advisory 
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r93ca628ef3a4530dfe5ac49fddc795f0920a4b2a408b57a30926a42b@%3Ccommits.ofbiz.apache.org%3E Mailing List  Patch  Vendor Advisory 
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9ad911fe49450ed9405827af0e7a74104041081ff91864b1f2546bbd@%3Cnotifications.ofbiz.apache.org%3E Mailing List  Vendor Advisory 
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ra7092f7492569b39b04ec0decf52628ba86c51f15efb38f5853e2760@%3Cnotifications.ofbiz.apache.org%3E Mailing List  Vendor Advisory 
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb4ee49ecc4c59620ffd5e66e84a17e526c2c3cfa95d0cd682d90d338@%3Cnotifications.ofbiz.apache.org%3E Mailing List  Vendor Advisory 
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb820f1a2a02bf07414be12c653c2ab5321fd87b9bf6c5e635c53ff4b@%3Cnotifications.ofbiz.apache.org%3E Mailing List  Vendor Advisory 
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rc80b96b4b96618b2b7461cb90664a428cfd6605eea9f74e51b792542@%3Cnotifications.ofbiz.apache.org%3E Mailing List  Patch  Vendor Advisory 
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rea65d6ef2e45dd1c45faae83922042732866c7b88fa109b76c83db52@%3Cnotifications.ofbiz.apache.org%3E Mailing List  Vendor Advisory 
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ref0339792ac6dac1dba83c071a727ad72380899bde60f6aaad4031b9@%3Cnotifications.ofbiz.apache.org%3E Mailing List  Vendor Advisory 
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/07/msg00010.html Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200709-0002/ Third Party Advisory 
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4596-1/ Third Party Advisory 
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4727 Third Party Advisory 
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2021.html Third Party Advisory 
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html Third Party Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2020-11996
NVD Published Date:
06/26/2020
NVD Last Modified:
03/12/2021
Source:
Apache Software Foundation