#VU7547 Denial of service in Undertow - CVE-2017-2670

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#VU7547 Denial of service in Undertow - CVE-2017-2670

Published: July 12, 2017 / Updated: July 17, 2017


Vulnerability identifier: #VU7547
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-2017-2670
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 an error when closing TCP sockets in Undertow. A remote attacker can create and close multiple TCP connections, which my result in infinite loop and server crash.


Remediation

Update to version 1.4.18.

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