--- title: "CVE-2012-5568\n | Ubuntu" description: Ubuntu is an open source software operating system that runs from the desktop, to the cloud, to all your internet connected things. url: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-5568?format=md keywords: index, follow --- # CVE-2012-5568 Publication date 30 November 2012 Last updated 24 July 2024 --- Ubuntu priority **Low** [Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority ) Toggle side navigation ## Description Apache Tomcat through 7.0.x allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon outage) via partial HTTP requests, as demonstrated by Slowloris. [Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-5568?format=md#notes) ## Status Show unmaintained releases | Package | Ubuntu Release | Status | | --- | --- | --- | | tomcat6 | 13.04 raring | Ignored | | 12.10 quantal | Ignored | | 12.04 LTS precise | Ignored | | 11.10 oneiric | Ignored end of life | | 10.04 LTS lucid | Ignored | | 8.04 LTS hardy | Not in release | | tomcat7 | 13.04 raring | Ignored | | 12.10 quantal | Ignored | | 12.04 LTS precise | Ignored | | 11.10 oneiric | Ignored end of life | | 10.04 LTS lucid | Not in release | | 8.04 LTS hardy | Not in release | --- * [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security) * [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses) ## Notes --- ### [mdeslaur](https://launchpad.net/~mdeslaur) Upstream doesn't consider this to be a vulnerability: http://tomcat.apache.org/security-7.html#Not\_a\_vulnerability\_in\_Tomcat marking as ignored ## References * [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-5568) * [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-5568) * [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2012-5568) * [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-5568) ### Other references * *