CyberRota Analysis
This is a high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.5. It affects Apache, OpenSSL. It may lead to a denial-of-service condition.
CVE
CVE-2021-41079
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.5
EPSS
7.18%
Apache OpenSSL
Original NVD Description
Apache Tomcat 8.5.0 to 8.5.63, 9.0.0-M1 to 9.0.43 and 10.0.0-M1 to 10.0.2 did not properly validate incoming TLS packets. When Tomcat was configured to use NIO+OpenSSL or NIO2+OpenSSL for TLS, a specially crafted packet could be used to trigger an infinite loop resulting in a denial of service.
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