CVE-2020-25689

Published Nov 2, 2020

Last updated 2 years ago

Overview

Description
A memory leak flaw was found in WildFly in all versions up to 21.0.0.Final, where host-controller tries to reconnect in a loop, generating new connections which are not properly closed while not able to connect to domain-controller. This flaw allows an attacker to cause an Out of memory (OOM) issue, leading to a denial of service. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.
Source
secalert@redhat.com
NVD status
Modified

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

Type
Primary
Base score
6.5
Impact score
3.6
Exploitability score
2.8
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Severity
MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

Type
Primary
Base score
6.8
Impact score
6.9
Exploitability score
8
Vector string
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C

Weaknesses

secalert@redhat.com
CWE-401
nvd@nist.gov
CWE-401

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