Intrusion PreventionHTTP.Chunked-Body.Buffer.Overflow
Description
This indicates an attack attempt to exploit a Denial of Service vulnerability in Apache Tomcat.
The vulnerability is due to an error when vulnerable software handles a crafted HTTP chunked Transfer coding. A remote attacker may be able to exploit this to cause a denial of service condition on the affected system.
Affected Products
Apache Tomcat 8.0.0-RC1 to 8.0.3
Apache Tomcat 7.0.0 to 7.0.52
Apache Tomcat 6.0.0 to 6.0.39
Impact
Denial of Service: Remote attackers can crash vulnerable systems or services
Recommended Actions
Apply the most recent upgrade or patch from the vendor.
http://tomcat.apache.org/download-80.cgi
http://tomcat.apache.org/download-70.cgi
http://tomcat.apache.org/download-60.cgi
Coverage
| IPS (Regular DB) | |
| IPS (Extended DB) |
Version Updates
| ID | 38655 |
| Created | May 08, 2015 |
| Updated | Jul 23, 2025 |
| CVE ID | |
| Risk |
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| Known Exploited | Yes |
| Exploit Prediction Score | 93.04% |
| Default Action | drop |
| Active | |
| Affected OS | Windows, Linux |
| Affected App | Apache, Other |
| Profile Type | Numeric Errors |