#VU69919 Resource management error in Undertow - CVE-2022-2764 

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#VU69919 Resource management error in Undertow - CVE-2022-2764

Published: December 6, 2022


Vulnerability identifier: #VU69919
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-2022-2764
CWE-ID: CWE-399
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 improper management of internal resources in the UndertowInputStream.close() method related to EJB invocations. A remote attacker can force the application to keep the connection open and consume all available server resources.


Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.

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