#VU58177 Resource exhaustion in Undertow - CVE-2021-3629
Published: November 16, 2021 / Updated: October 5, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU58177
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: 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-2021-3629
CWE-ID: CWE-400
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Undertow
Undertow
Software vendor:
Red Hat Inc.
Red Hat Inc.
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to Undertow does not properly control consumption of internal resources when processing HTTP/2 requests. A remote attacker can send specially crafted HTTP/2 requests to the web server, trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.