Check Point Reference: | CPAI-2014-1094 |
Date Published: | 6 Mar 2014 |
Severity: | Critical |
Last Updated: | Sunday 14 February, 2016 |
Source: | Apache |
Industry Reference: | CVE-2014-0050 |
Protection Provided by: |
Security Gateway |
Who is Vulnerable? | Apache Software Foundation Commons FileUpload 1.0 to 1.3 |
Vulnerability Description | An infinite loop vulnerability exists in Apache Tomcat. The vulnerability is due to insufficient boundary checks when processing the Content-Type header of a multipart request. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a large amount of data to the server causing it to use up excessive resources. |
This protection will detect and block attempts to exploit this vulnerability.
In order for the protection to be activated, update your Security Gateway product to the latest IPS update. For information on how to update IPS, go to SBP-2006-05, click on Protection tab and select the version of your choice.
This protection's log will contain the following information:
Attack Name: Apache Server Protection Violation.
Attack Information: Apache Tomcat FileUpload Content-Type Header Infinite Loop