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Red Hat JBossEAP: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption (CVE-2020-27782)

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Red Hat JBossEAP: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption (CVE-2020-27782)

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
01/25/2021
Created
09/20/2024
Added
09/19/2024
Modified
09/20/2024

Description

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.. 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.

Solution(s)

  • red-hat-jboss-eap-upgrade-latest

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