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Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in org.jboss.xnio:xnio-api

CVE-2022-0084

  • org.jboss.xnio:xnio-api
High
7.5/10

Summary

A flaw was found in XNIO versions prior to 3.8.8.Final, specifically in the "notifyReadClosed" method. The issue revealed this method was logging a message to another expected end. This flaw allows an attacker to send flawed requests to a server, possibly causing log contention-related performance concerns or an unwanted disk fill-up.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • HIGH

CWE-770 - Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

The software allocates a reusable resource or group of resources on behalf of an actor without imposing any restrictions on the size or number of resources that can be allocated, in violation of the intended security policy for that actor.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published