# CVE-2016-6808: Buffer overflow in Apache Tomcat Connectors (mod\_jk) before 1.2.42.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2017-04-12 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Buffer overflow in Apache Tomcat Connectors (mod_jk) before 1.2.42.

## What to do

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## References

- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036969
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Oct/44
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0194
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93429
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0193
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2957.html
- http://tomcat.apache.org/security-jk.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/139071/Apache-Tomcat-JK-ISAPI-Connector-1.2.41-Buffer-Overflow.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/06/4
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ba661b0edd913b39ff129a32d855620dd861883ade05fd88a8ce517d%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/8d2a579bbd977c225c70cb23b0ec54865fb0dab5da3eff1e060c9935%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/277d42b48b6e9aef50949c0dcc79ce21693091d73da246b3c1981925%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/5b7a23e245c93235c503900da854a143596d901bf1a1f67e851a5de4%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf8e8c091182b45daa50d3557cad9b10bb4198e3f08cf8f1c66a1b08d%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r5c616dfc49156e4b06ffab842800c80f4425924d0f20c452c127a53c%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E

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