CWE-400
DiscouragedUncontrolled Resource Consumption
Abstraction: Class · Status: Draft
The product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource.
5412 vulnerabilities reference this CWE, most recent first.
GHSA-M6PG-Q484-64G9
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2023-10-10 15:30 – Updated: 2025-09-18 21:30When TCP Verified Accept is enabled on a TCP profile that is configured on a Virtual Server, undisclosed requests can cause an increase in memory resource utilization. Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated
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"aliases": [
"CVE-2023-40542"
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"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-400",
"CWE-770"
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"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2023-10-10T13:15:20Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "When TCP Verified Accept is enabled on a TCP profile that is configured on a Virtual Server, undisclosed requests can cause an increase in memory resource utilization.\u00a0 Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated",
"id": "GHSA-m6pg-q484-64g9",
"modified": "2025-09-18T21:30:55Z",
"published": "2023-10-10T15:30:50Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-40542"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://my.f5.com/manage/s/article/K000134652"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
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"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-M6RG-98PC-7RXM
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-10-15 21:30 – Updated: 2025-11-04 00:31Vulnerability in the MySQL Server product of Oracle MySQL (component: Server: Optimizer). Supported versions that are affected are 8.0.39 and prior, 8.4.2 and prior and 9.0.1 and prior. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with network access via multiple protocols to compromise MySQL Server. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS) of MySQL Server. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 6.5 (Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H).
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"aliases": [
"CVE-2024-21230"
],
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"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-400"
],
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"nvd_published_at": "2024-10-15T20:15:11Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "Vulnerability in the MySQL Server product of Oracle MySQL (component: Server: Optimizer). Supported versions that are affected are 8.0.39 and prior, 8.4.2 and prior and 9.0.1 and prior. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with network access via multiple protocols to compromise MySQL Server. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS) of MySQL Server. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 6.5 (Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H).",
"id": "GHSA-m6rg-98pc-7rxm",
"modified": "2025-11-04T00:31:35Z",
"published": "2024-10-15T21:30:38Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-21230"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20241025-0006"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2024.html"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
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"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-M74W-VG57-JGW8
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-03-09 18:31 – Updated: 2026-03-09 18:31An issue pertaining to CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption was discovered in Nexusoft NexusInterface v3.2.0-beta.2.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2025-70047"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-400"
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"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2026-03-09T16:16:15Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "An issue pertaining to CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption was discovered in Nexusoft NexusInterface v3.2.0-beta.2.",
"id": "GHSA-m74w-vg57-jgw8",
"modified": "2026-03-09T18:31:43Z",
"published": "2026-03-09T18:31:43Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-70047"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://gist.github.com/zcxlighthouse/86874c6c096c6c013803ed936b79da96"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/Nexusoft"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/Nexusoft/NexusInterface"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
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"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-M74X-9R8G-RGWM
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-10-08 18:33 – Updated: 2024-10-08 18:33Microsoft Simple Certificate Enrollment Protocol Denial of Service Vulnerability
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2024-43544"
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"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-400"
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"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2024-10-08T18:15:19Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "Microsoft Simple Certificate Enrollment Protocol Denial of Service Vulnerability",
"id": "GHSA-m74x-9r8g-rgwm",
"modified": "2024-10-08T18:33:16Z",
"published": "2024-10-08T18:33:16Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-43544"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-43544"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
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"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-M74X-FXJH-3QH9
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-11-19 00:30 – Updated: 2022-11-30 21:22In Free5gc v3.0.5, the AMF breaks due to malformed NAS messages.
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"affected": [
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"database_specific": {
"last_known_affected_version_range": "\u003c 3.0.5"
},
"package": {
"ecosystem": "Go",
"name": "github.com/free5gc/free5gc"
},
"ranges": [
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"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
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]
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],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2022-38871"
],
"database_specific": {
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"CWE-400"
],
"github_reviewed": true,
"github_reviewed_at": "2022-11-30T21:22:44Z",
"nvd_published_at": "2022-11-18T23:15:00Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "In Free5gc v3.0.5, the AMF breaks due to malformed NAS messages.",
"id": "GHSA-m74x-fxjh-3qh9",
"modified": "2022-11-30T21:22:44Z",
"published": "2022-11-19T00:30:55Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-38871"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/free5gc/free5gc/issues/198"
},
{
"type": "PACKAGE",
"url": "https://github.com/free5gc/free5gc"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
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"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
],
"summary": "Free5gc vulnerable to uncontrolled resource consumption"
}
GHSA-M76R-XQQJ-MQMV
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-03-20 12:32 – Updated: 2025-03-21 03:26A Denial of Service (DoS) vulnerability in the file upload feature of stangirard/quivr v0.0.298 allows unauthenticated attackers to cause excessive resource consumption by appending characters to the end of a multipart boundary in an HTTP request. This leads to the server continuously processing each character, rendering the service unavailable and impacting all users.
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"affected": [
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"package": {
"ecosystem": "PyPI",
"name": "quivr-core"
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"ranges": [
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"events": [
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"introduced": "0"
},
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"last_affected": "0.0.14"
}
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"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
]
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],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2024-9229"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-400",
"CWE-770"
],
"github_reviewed": true,
"github_reviewed_at": "2025-03-21T03:26:29Z",
"nvd_published_at": "2025-03-20T10:15:47Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "A Denial of Service (DoS) vulnerability in the file upload feature of stangirard/quivr v0.0.298 allows unauthenticated attackers to cause excessive resource consumption by appending characters to the end of a multipart boundary in an HTTP request. This leads to the server continuously processing each character, rendering the service unavailable and impacting all users.",
"id": "GHSA-m76r-xqqj-mqmv",
"modified": "2025-03-21T03:26:29Z",
"published": "2025-03-20T12:32:50Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-9229"
},
{
"type": "PACKAGE",
"url": "https://github.com/QuivrHQ/quivr"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/QuivrHQ/quivr/blob/6b07a63e4e969d003710d6f6c6b9df36fd6ea803/backend/api/quivr_api/modules/upload/service/upload_file.py#L68-L101"
},
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://huntr.com/bounties/946a412d-422f-4623-bb1d-d2646ad23dfd"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
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"score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
],
"summary": "Quivr unauthenticated Denial of Service (DoS) via Multipart Boundary"
}
GHSA-M776-2HWC-9X9M
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-05-06 18:30 – Updated: 2026-05-06 18:30A vulnerability in the connection-handling mechanism of Cisco Crosswork Network Controller (CNC) and Cisco Network Services Orchestrator (NSO) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected system.
This vulnerability is due to an inadequate implementation of rate-limiting on incoming network connections. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a large number of connection requests to an affected system. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to exhaust available connection resources, causing Cisco CNC and Cisco NSO to become unresponsive and resulting in a DoS condition for legitimate users and dependent services. A manual reboot of the system is required to recover from this condition.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2026-20188"
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"database_specific": {
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"CWE-400"
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"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2026-05-06T17:16:21Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "A vulnerability in the connection-handling mechanism of Cisco Crosswork Network Controller (CNC) and Cisco Network Services Orchestrator (NSO) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected system.\n\nThis vulnerability is due to an inadequate implementation of rate-limiting on incoming network connections. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a large number of connection requests to an affected system. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to exhaust available connection resources, causing Cisco CNC and Cisco NSO to become unresponsive and resulting in a DoS condition for legitimate users and dependent services. A manual reboot of the system is required to recover from this condition.",
"id": "GHSA-m776-2hwc-9x9m",
"modified": "2026-05-06T18:30:31Z",
"published": "2026-05-06T18:30:31Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-20188"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-nso-dos-7Egqyc"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-M7F9-4C54-3CV9
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-10-21 21:33 – Updated: 2025-10-21 21:33Vulnerability in the PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools product of Oracle PeopleSoft (component: Performance Monitor). Supported versions that are affected are 8.60, 8.61 and 8.62. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS) of PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 7.5 (Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H).
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2025-53050"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-400"
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"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2025-10-21T20:20:42Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "Vulnerability in the PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools product of Oracle PeopleSoft (component: Performance Monitor). Supported versions that are affected are 8.60, 8.61 and 8.62. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS) of PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 7.5 (Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H).",
"id": "GHSA-m7f9-4c54-3cv9",
"modified": "2025-10-21T21:33:41Z",
"published": "2025-10-21T21:33:41Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-53050"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2025.html"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
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]
}
GHSA-M7G9-HMX3-C8F9
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-06-08 18:31 – Updated: 2026-06-08 18:31A flaw was found in 389 Directory Server. The Content Synchronization persistent search plugin allows unbounded memory growth when an authenticated client stops reading sync responses, enabling denial of service. Additional race conditions in plugin thread lifecycle can cause crashes during connection teardown or shutdown.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2026-11611"
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"database_specific": {
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"CWE-400"
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"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2026-06-08T17:16:40Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "A flaw was found in 389 Directory Server. The Content Synchronization persistent search plugin allows unbounded memory growth when an authenticated client stops reading sync responses, enabling denial of service. Additional race conditions in plugin thread lifecycle can cause crashes during connection teardown or shutdown.",
"id": "GHSA-m7g9-hmx3-c8f9",
"modified": "2026-06-08T18:31:50Z",
"published": "2026-06-08T18:31:50Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-11611"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-11611"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2485424"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://redhat.atlassian.net/browse/PSIRTSUPT-7600"
}
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"severity": [
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"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
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}
GHSA-M7JQ-XVR4-F7XC
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-11-04 19:01 – Updated: 2022-11-08 19:00A vulnerability in Cisco AsyncOS Software for Cisco Email Security Appliance (ESA) could allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to improper handling of certain TLS connections that are processed by an affected device. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by establishing a large number of concurrent TLS connections to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the device to drop new TLS email messages that come from the associated email servers. Exploitation of this vulnerability does not cause the affected device to unexpectedly reload. The device will recover autonomously within a few hours of when the attack is halted or mitigated.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2022-20960"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-295",
"CWE-400"
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"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2022-11-04T18:15:00Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
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"details": "A vulnerability in Cisco AsyncOS Software for Cisco Email Security Appliance (ESA) could allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to improper handling of certain TLS connections that are processed by an affected device. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by establishing a large number of concurrent TLS connections to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the device to drop new TLS email messages that come from the associated email servers. Exploitation of this vulnerability does not cause the affected device to unexpectedly reload. The device will recover autonomously within a few hours of when the attack is halted or mitigated.",
"id": "GHSA-m7jq-xvr4-f7xc",
"modified": "2022-11-08T19:00:23Z",
"published": "2022-11-04T19:01:10Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-20960"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-esa-dos-gdghHmbV"
},
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-esa-dos-gdghHmbV"
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}
Mitigation
Design throttling mechanisms into the system architecture. The best protection is to limit the amount of resources that an unauthorized user can cause to be expended. A strong authentication and access control model will help prevent such attacks from occurring in the first place. The login application should be protected against DoS attacks as much as possible. Limiting the database access, perhaps by caching result sets, can help minimize the resources expended. To further limit the potential for a DoS attack, consider tracking the rate of requests received from users and blocking requests that exceed a defined rate threshold.
Mitigation
- Mitigation of resource exhaustion attacks requires that the target system either:
- The first of these solutions is an issue in itself though, since it may allow attackers to prevent the use of the system by a particular valid user. If the attacker impersonates the valid user, they may be able to prevent the user from accessing the server in question.
- The second solution is simply difficult to effectively institute -- and even when properly done, it does not provide a full solution. It simply makes the attack require more resources on the part of the attacker.
- recognizes the attack and denies that user further access for a given amount of time, or
- uniformly throttles all requests in order to make it more difficult to consume resources more quickly than they can again be freed.
Mitigation
Ensure that protocols have specific limits of scale placed on them.
Mitigation
Ensure that all failures in resource allocation place the system into a safe posture.
CAPEC-147: XML Ping of the Death
An attacker initiates a resource depletion attack where a large number of small XML messages are delivered at a sufficiently rapid rate to cause a denial of service or crash of the target. Transactions such as repetitive SOAP transactions can deplete resources faster than a simple flooding attack because of the additional resources used by the SOAP protocol and the resources necessary to process SOAP messages. The transactions used are immaterial as long as they cause resource utilization on the target. In other words, this is a normal flooding attack augmented by using messages that will require extra processing on the target.
CAPEC-227: Sustained Client Engagement
An adversary attempts to deny legitimate users access to a resource by continually engaging a specific resource in an attempt to keep the resource tied up as long as possible. The adversary's primary goal is not to crash or flood the target, which would alert defenders; rather it is to repeatedly perform actions or abuse algorithmic flaws such that a given resource is tied up and not available to a legitimate user. By carefully crafting a requests that keep the resource engaged through what is seemingly benign requests, legitimate users are limited or completely denied access to the resource.
CAPEC-492: Regular Expression Exponential Blowup
An adversary may execute an attack on a program that uses a poor Regular Expression(Regex) implementation by choosing input that results in an extreme situation for the Regex. A typical extreme situation operates at exponential time compared to the input size. This is due to most implementations using a Nondeterministic Finite Automaton(NFA) state machine to be built by the Regex algorithm since NFA allows backtracking and thus more complex regular expressions.