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Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

CVE-2023-1108

High
7.5/10

Summary

A flaw was found in undertow in versions prior to 2.3.5.Final. This issue makes achieving a Denial-of-Service (DoS) possible due to an unexpected handshake status updated in SslConduit, where the loop never terminates.

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