Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
CVE-2021-31957
Summary
.NET versions 5.0 through 5.0.6 and .NET Core versions 3.1 through 3.1.15 are vulnerable to Denial of Service.
- LOW
- NETWORK
- NONE
- UNCHANGED
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- HIGH
CWE-400 - Uncontrolled resource consumption
An uncontrolled resource allocation attack (also known as resource exhaustion attack) triggers unauthorized overconsumption of the limited resources in an application, such as memory, file system storage, database connection pool entries, and CPU. This may lead to denial of service for valid users and degradation of the application's functionality as well as that of the host operating system.
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Advisory Timeline
- Published