CVE-2005-3510

17

FAUCET Score

CVE-2005-3510 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Apache Tomcat versions 5.5.0 through 5.5.11. Remote attackers can exploit this by sending a large number of simultaneous requests to list a web directory containing many files, leading to high CPU consumption. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a network-based attack with low complexity and potential for partial availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

Vendor	Product	Version(s)	CPE
		5.5.0CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:5.5.0:::::::*
		5.5.1CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:5.5.1:::::::*
		5.5.2CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:5.5.2:::::::*
		5.5.3CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:5.5.3:::::::*
		5.5.4CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:5.5.4:::::::*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

Access Vector

NETWORK

Access Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

2.9

CvssVersion

2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score

5.95%

Probability of exploitation in next 30 days

EPSS Percentile

92.5%

Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group

As of 2026-07-27

Model: v2026.06.15

This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0595 is in the 89th percentile among its peer group of 23,723 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (74)

mavenpatch availablevia ghsa

Product: org.apache.tomcat:tomcatFixed in: 5.5.12

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Product: Red Hat Application Server v2 4AS

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Product: Red Hat Certificate System 7.3Fixed in: ant-0:1.6.5-1jpp_1rh

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Product: Red Hat Certificate System 7.3Fixed in: avalon-logkit-0:1.2-2jpp_4rh

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Product: Red Hat Certificate System 7.3Fixed in: axis-0:1.2.1-1jpp_3rh

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Product: Red Hat Certificate System 7.3Fixed in: classpathx-jaf-0:1.0-2jpp_6rh

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Product: Red Hat Certificate System 7.3Fixed in: classpathx-mail-0:1.1.1-2jpp_8rh

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Product: Red Hat Certificate System 7.3Fixed in: geronimo-specs-0:1.0-0.M4.1jpp_10rh

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Product: Red Hat Certificate System 7.3Fixed in: jakarta-commons-modeler-0:2.0-3jpp_2rh

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Product: Red Hat Certificate System 7.3Fixed in: log4j-0:1.2.12-1jpp_1rh

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Product: Red Hat Certificate System 7.3Fixed in: mx4j-1:3.0.1-1jpp_4rh

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Product: Red Hat Certificate System 7.3Fixed in: pcsc-lite-0:1.3.3-3.el4

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Product: Red Hat Certificate System 7.3Fixed in: rhpki-ca-0:7.3.0-20.el4

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Product: Red Hat Certificate System 7.3Fixed in: rhpki-java-tools-0:7.3.0-10.el4

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Product: Red Hat Certificate System 7.3Fixed in: rhpki-kra-0:7.3.0-14.el4

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Product: Red Hat Certificate System 7.3Fixed in: rhpki-manage-0:7.3.0-19.el4

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Product: Red Hat Certificate System 7.3Fixed in: rhpki-native-tools-0:7.3.0-6.el4

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Product: Red Hat Certificate System 7.3Fixed in: rhpki-ocsp-0:7.3.0-13.el4

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Product: Red Hat Certificate System 7.3Fixed in: rhpki-tks-0:7.3.0-13.el4

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Product: Red Hat Certificate System 7.3Fixed in: tomcat5-0:5.5.23-0jpp_4rh.16

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Product: Red Hat Certificate System 7.3Fixed in: xerces-j2-0:2.7.1-1jpp_1rh

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Product: Red Hat Certificate System 7.3Fixed in: xml-commons-0:1.3.02-2jpp_1rh

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Product: Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 4.0Fixed in: jakarta-commons-pool-0:1.2-2jpp_2rh

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Product: Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 4.0Fixed in: tomcat5-0:5.0.30-0jpp_6rh

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Product: Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 4.0Fixed in: tyrex-0:1.0.1-2jpp_2rh

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Product: Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 4.0 (RHEL3)Fixed in: jakarta-commons-pool-0:1.2-2jpp_2rh

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Product: Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 4.0 (RHEL3)Fixed in: tomcat5-0:5.0.30-0jpp_6rh

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Product: Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 4.0 (RHEL3)Fixed in: tyrex-0:1.0.1-2jpp_2rh

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Product: Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 4.1Fixed in: jakarta-commons-pool-0:1.2-2jpp_2rh

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Product: Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 4.1Fixed in: tomcat5-0:5.0.30-0jpp_6rh

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Product: Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 4.1Fixed in: tyrex-0:1.0.1-2jpp_2rh

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Product: Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 4.1 (RHEL3)Fixed in: jakarta-commons-pool-0:1.2-2jpp_2rh

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Product: Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 4.1 (RHEL3)Fixed in: tomcat5-0:5.0.30-0jpp_6rh

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Product: Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 4.1 (RHEL3)Fixed in: tyrex-0:1.0.1-2jpp_2rh

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Product: Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 4.2Fixed in: jakarta-commons-pool-0:1.2-2jpp_2rh

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Product: Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 4.2Fixed in: tomcat5-0:5.0.30-0jpp_6rh

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Product: Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 4.2Fixed in: tyrex-0:1.0.1-2jpp_2rh

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Product: Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 4.2Fixed in: jabberd-0:2.0s10-3.38.rhn

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Product: Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 4.2Fixed in: java-1.4.2-ibm-0:1.4.2.10-1jpp.2.el4

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Product: Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 4.2Fixed in: jfreechart-0:0.9.20-3.rhn

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Product: Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 4.2Fixed in: openmotif21-0:2.1.30-11.RHEL4.6

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Product: Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 4.2Fixed in: perl-Crypt-CBC-0:2.24-1.el4

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Product: Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 4.2Fixed in: rhn-apache-0:1.3.27-36.rhn.rhel4

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Product: Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 4.2Fixed in: rhn-modjk-0:1.2.23-2rhn.rhel4

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Product: Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 4.2Fixed in: rhn-modperl-0:1.29-16.rhel4

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Product: Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 4.2Fixed in: rhn-modssl-0:2.8.12-8.rhn.10.rhel4

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Product: Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 4.2Fixed in: tomcat5-0:5.0.30-0jpp_10rh

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Product: Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 4.2 (RHEL3)Fixed in: jakarta-commons-pool-0:1.2-2jpp_2rh

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Product: Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 4.2 (RHEL3)Fixed in: tomcat5-0:5.0.30-0jpp_6rh

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Product: Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 4.2 (RHEL3)Fixed in: tyrex-0:1.0.1-2jpp_2rh

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Product: Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 4.2 (RHEL3)Fixed in: jabberd-0:2.0s10-3.37.rhn

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Product: Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 4.2 (RHEL3)Fixed in: java-1.4.2-ibm-0:1.4.2.10-1jpp.2.el3

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Product: Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 4.2 (RHEL3)Fixed in: jfreechart-0:0.9.20-3.rhn

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Product: Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 4.2 (RHEL3)Fixed in: openmotif21-0:2.1.30-9.RHEL3.8

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Product: Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 4.2 (RHEL3)Fixed in: perl-Crypt-CBC-0:2.24-1.el3

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Product: Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 4.2 (RHEL3)Fixed in: rhn-apache-0:1.3.27-36.rhn.rhel3

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Product: Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 4.2 (RHEL3)Fixed in: rhn-modjk-0:1.2.23-2rhn.rhel3

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Product: Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 4.2 (RHEL3)Fixed in: rhn-modperl-0:1.29-16.rhel3

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Product: Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 4.2 (RHEL3)Fixed in: rhn-modssl-0:2.8.12-8.rhn.10.rhel3

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Product: Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 4.2 (RHEL3)Fixed in: tomcat5-0:5.0.30-0jpp_10rh

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Product: Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 5.0Fixed in: jakarta-commons-pool-0:1.2-2jpp_2rh

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Product: Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 5.0Fixed in: tomcat5-0:5.0.30-0jpp_6rh

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Product: Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 5.0Fixed in: tyrex-0:1.0.1-2jpp_2rh

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Product: Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 5.0Fixed in: jabberd-0:2.0s10-3.38.rhn

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Product: Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 5.0Fixed in: java-1.4.2-ibm-0:1.4.2.10-1jpp.2.el4

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Product: Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 5.0Fixed in: jfreechart-0:0.9.20-3.rhn

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Product: Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 5.0Fixed in: openmotif21-0:2.1.30-11.RHEL4.6

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Product: Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 5.0Fixed in: perl-Crypt-CBC-0:2.24-1.el4

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Product: Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 5.0Fixed in: rhn-apache-0:1.3.27-36.rhn.rhel4

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Product: Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 5.0Fixed in: rhn-modjk-0:1.2.23-2rhn.rhel4

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Product: Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 5.0Fixed in: rhn-modperl-0:1.29-16.rhel4

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Product: Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 5.0Fixed in: rhn-modssl-0:2.8.12-8.rhn.10.rhel4

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Product: Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 5.0Fixed in: tomcat5-0:5.0.30-0jpp_10rh

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Product: RHAPS Version 1 for RHEL 3Fixed in: tomcat5-0:5.0.30-0jpp_5rh

Vendor Advisories (2)

mavenGHSA-8f4w-jwqv-5cxchigh

Apache Tomcat Vulnerable to Denial of Service (DoS) via Simultaneous Requests

redhatCVE-2005-3510Moderate

tomcat DoS

References

community.ca.com / blogs/casecurityresponseblog/archive/2009/01/23.aspx

secunia.com / advisories/17416

Vendor Advisory

secunia.com / advisories/30899

secunia.com / advisories/30908

secunia.com / advisories/33668

securitytracker.com / id

PatchVendor Advisory

lists.apache.org / thread.html/29dc6c2b625789e70a9c4756b5a327e6547273ff8bde7e0327af48c5%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E

lists.apache.org / thread.html/c62b0e3a7bf23342352a5810c640a94b6db69957c5c19db507004d74%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E

lists.apache.org / thread.html/rb71997f506c6cc8b530dd845c084995a9878098846c7b4eacfae8db3%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E

sunsolve.sun.com / search/document.do

support.ca.com / irj/portal/anonymous/phpsupcontent

tomcat.apache.org / security-4.html

tomcat.apache.org / security-5.html

osvdb.org / 20439

redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2006-0161.html

redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2008-0261.html

securityfocus.com / archive/1/415782/30/0/threaded

securityfocus.com / archive/1/500396/100/0/threaded

securityfocus.com / archive/1/500412/100/0/threaded

securityfocus.com / bid/15325

vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/1979/references

vupen.com / english/advisories/2009/0233