Resource exhaustion in Undertow - CVE-2022-1259
Published: October 5, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU67947
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-2022-1259
CWE-ID: CWE-400
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Red Hat Inc.
Affected software:
Undertow
Undertow
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to incorrect handling of HTTP/2 requests. A remote attacker can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Note, the vulnerability exists due to an incomplete fix for #VU58177 (CVE-2021-3629).
How to mitigate CVE-2022-1259
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.