SB2024092475 - Denial of service in Eclipse Vert.x
Published: September 24, 2024
Security Bulletin ID
SB2024092475
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 security vulnerability.
1) Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-8391)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to the gRPC server does not limit the maximum length of message payload. A remote attacker can send multiple extremely large messages to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.