SB2017071003 - Denial of service in Apache Traffic Control
Published: July 10, 2017 Updated: September 8, 2019
Security Bulletin ID
SB2017071003
CSH Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) Resource management error (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-7670)
CWE-ID: CWE-399 - Resource Management Errors
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to incorrect processing of established TCP connections to a configured DNS port. A remote attacker can create an unlimited number of TCP connections to DNS port without closing them and perform a Slowloris style Denial of Service attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.