#VU63159 Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in XNIO - CVE-2022-0084
Published: May 13, 2022 / Updated: August 17, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU63159
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-0084
CWE-ID: CWE-770
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
XNIO
XNIO
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 notifyReadClosed method from main/java/org/xnio/StreamConnection.java logs data into debug log instead of stderr. As a result, an attacker can trigger the application to log enormous amount of data and consume all available space.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.