#VU67947 Resource exhaustion in Undertow - CVE-2022-1259

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#VU67947 Resource exhaustion in Undertow - CVE-2022-1259

Published: October 5, 2022


Vulnerability identifier: #VU67947
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-2022-1259
CWE-ID: CWE-400
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Undertow
Software vendor:
Red Hat Inc.

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).


Remediation

Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.

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