Denial of service in Wildfly



| Updated: 2021-02-01
Risk Medium
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2020-27822
CWE-ID CWE-401
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
 Wildfly
Server applications / Frameworks for developing and running applications

Vendor Red Hat Inc.

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.

1) Memory leak

EUVDB-ID: #VU50176

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 6.6 [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-2020-27822

CWE-ID: CWE-401 - Missing release of memory after effective lifetime

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform DoS attack on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due memory leak within the OpenTracing API's java-interceptors feature. A remote attacker can force the application to leak memory and perform denial of service attack.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Wildfly: 19.0.0 - 21.0.0

CPE2.3 External links

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1904060


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.



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