CVE-2002-1895: Apache Tomcat

Medium severity, CVSS 5.0. EPSS: 3.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The servlet engine in Jakarta Apache Tomcat 3.3 and 4.0.4, when using IIS and the ajp1.3 connector, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a large number of HTTP GET requests for an MS-DOS device such as AUX, LPT1, CON, or PRN.

Affected products

• Apache Tomcat: version 3.3 only; version 4.0.4 only

Published 2002-12-31. Last modified 2026-06-16.