Vulnerabilities / CVE-2016-6808

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CVE-2016-6808

mod_jk: Buffer overflow when concatenating virtual host name and URI

Published Modified CWE 119
In the Trivy database since at least 24 Oct 2026, 07:11 UTCWhen it arrived before that build is not recorded.

Severity by source

NVD9.8CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Red Hat8.1CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Trivy's own label is CRITICAL. Rated critical by NVD. Rated lower by Red Hat (high).

Description

Buffer overflow in Apache Tomcat Connectors (mod_jk) before 1.2.42.

Affected packages and fixed versions

SourcePackageFixed in
Red Hatmod_jk, mod_jk-ap22, mod_jk-ap24 and 1 moreno fix listed
Show all 4 entries from 1 source
SourcePackageFixed in
Red Hatmod_jkno fix listed
Red Hatmod_jk-ap22no fix listed
Red Hatmod_jk-ap24no fix listed
Red Hatmod_jk-manualno fix listed

References

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