SB2024040542 - Denial of service in Eclipse Vert.x
Published: April 5, 2024
Security Bulletin ID
SB2024040542
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Memory leak (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-1023)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform DoS attack on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due memory leak when using Netty FastThreadLocal data structures. A remote attacker can force the application to leak memory and perform denial of service attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.