CVE-2021-3690 (GCVE-0-2021-3690)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-08-23 15:50 – Updated: 2024-08-03 17:01
VLAI
Summary
A flaw was found in Undertow. A buffer leak on the incoming WebSocket PONG message may lead to memory exhaustion. This flaw allows an attacker to cause a denial of service. The highest threat from this vulnerability is availability.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-400 - - Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
n/a undertow Affected: Fixed in 2.2.10.Final, 2.0.40.Final
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