#VU82653 Resource exhaustion in gRPC - CVE-2023-4785
Published: November 1, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU82653
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-2023-4785
CWE-ID: CWE-400
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
gRPC
gRPC
Software vendor:
grpc
grpc
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to lack of error handling in the TCP server in Google's gRPC. A remote attacker can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack by initiating a significant number of connections with the server.
Remediation
Install updates from vendor's website.