Memory leak in Wildfly - CVE-2020-27822

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Memory leak in Wildfly - CVE-2020-27822

Published: December 8, 2020 / Updated: February 1, 2021


Vulnerability identifier: #VU50176
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: 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
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-27822
CWE-ID: CWE-401
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Red Hat Inc.
Affected software:
Wildfly

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform DoS attack on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due memory leak within the OpenTracing API's java-interceptors feature. A remote attacker can force the application to leak memory and perform denial of service attack.


How to mitigate CVE-2020-27822

Install updates from vendor's website.

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