CVE-2006-7197

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-7197 describes a buffer over-read vulnerability in the AJP connector of Apache Tomcat version 5.5.15. This flaw, caused by incorrect chunk length handling, allows remote attackers to read sensitive memory portions. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), it presents a critical risk due to its network-based attack vector and complete confidentiality impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

Vendor	Product	Version(s)	CPE
		5.5.15CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:5.5.15:::::::*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.8HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact

COMPLETE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

Access Vector

NETWORK

Access Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

6.9

CvssVersion

2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score

8.32%

Probability of exploitation in next 30 days

EPSS Percentile

94.4%

Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group

As of 2026-07-28

Model: v2026.06.15

This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0832 is in the 91st percentile among its peer group of 51,553 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, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (30)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

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

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

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

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

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

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

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

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

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

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

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

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

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

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

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

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

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

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

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

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

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

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

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

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

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

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

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

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

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

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

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

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

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

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

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

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

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

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

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

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

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

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

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

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

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

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

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

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

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

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

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

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

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

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

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

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

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

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

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

Vendor Advisories (2)

mavenGHSA-jpqr-vh55-xqxfhigh

Apache Tomcat Buffer Over-Read

redhatCVE-2006-7197Important

mod_jk chunk too long

References

issues.apache.org / bugzilla/show_bug.cgi

Patch

lists.apache.org / thread.html/277d42b48b6e9aef50949c0dcc79ce21693091d73da246b3c1981925%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E

lists.apache.org / thread.html/5b7a23e245c93235c503900da854a143596d901bf1a1f67e851a5de4%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E

lists.apache.org / thread.html/8d2a579bbd977c225c70cb23b0ec54865fb0dab5da3eff1e060c9935%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E

lists.apache.org / thread.html/ba661b0edd913b39ff129a32d855620dd861883ade05fd88a8ce517d%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E

lists.apache.org / thread.html/r5c616dfc49156e4b06ffab842800c80f4425924d0f20c452c127a53c%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E

lists.apache.org / thread.html/rf8e8c091182b45daa50d3557cad9b10bb4198e3f08cf8f1c66a1b08d%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E

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

securityfocus.com / bid/28477