Resource management error in Apache Traffic Server - CVE-2021-41585

 

Resource management error in Apache Traffic Server - CVE-2021-41585

Published: December 8, 2021


Vulnerability identifier: #VU58649
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.7 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-41585
CWE-ID: CWE-399
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to improper management of internal resources within the application when processing HTTP connections. A remote attacker can force the server to stop accepting new connections and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Affected software

Apache Traffic Server
openEuler
trafficserver
trafficserver-debuginfo
trafficserver-devel
trafficserver-debugsource
trafficserver-perl

How to mitigate CVE-2021-41585

Install updates from vendor's website.

Apache Traffic Server - addressed in versions 8.1.3, 9.1.1
trafficserver - update to 9.1.0-4
trafficserver-debuginfo - update to 9.1.0-4
trafficserver-devel - update to 9.1.0-4
trafficserver-debugsource - update to 9.1.0-4
trafficserver-perl - update to 9.1.0-4

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