CVE-2020-27782 (GCVE-0-2020-27782)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-02-23 18:35 – Updated: 2024-08-04 16:25
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
A flaw was found in the Undertow AJP connector. Malicious requests and abrupt connection closes could be triggered by an attacker using query strings with non-RFC compliant characters resulting in a denial of service. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability. This affects Undertow 2.1.5.SP1, 2.0.33.SP2, and 2.2.3.SP1.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CWE
Assigner
References
1 reference
| URL | Tags |
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| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1901304 | x_refsource_MISC |
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