#VU60528 Resource exhaustion in Jenkins and Jenkins LTS - CVE-2022-0538
Published: February 11, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU60528
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-0538
CWE-ID: CWE-400
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Jenkins
Jenkins LTS
Jenkins
Jenkins LTS
Software vendor:
Jenkins
Jenkins
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources. A remote authenticated attacker can use specially crafted XML files, trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install updates from vendor's website.