CVE-2023-1973GHSA-97CQ-F4JM-MV8H
Undertow: unrestricted request storage leads to memory exhaustion
- Published
- Last modified
- Where the record stands: published, rejected by its publisher, or superseded by another id.What do these mean? →
- published
- Whether CISA lists it in its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog: proof that attackers are using it.What do these mean? →
- Not listed in CISA KEV
- Fix
- Fixed in 2.2.32.Final, 2.3.13.Final
- Whether working attack code is public (Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei or GitHub). Public code makes attacks easier.What do these mean? →
- None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
CISA's decision points: whether it is exploited, whether attacks can be automated, and how much control an attacker gets. Assessed (SSVC 2.0.3).What do these mean? →
- Exploitation: none
- Automatable: yes
- Technical impact: partial
Summary
A flaw was found in Undertow package. Using the FormAuthenticationMechanism, a malicious user could trigger a Denial of Service by sending crafted requests, leading the server to an OutofMemory error, exhausting the server's memory.
Timeline
- CVE published
- CISA SSVC assessment
Exploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: partial
- Record last updated
Affected versions
- undertow
Version range not reported
- eap7-undertow
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- eap7-undertow
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- eap7-undertow
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- undertow
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- eap8-undertow
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- eap8-undertow
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- io.undertow:undertow-coreMaven
fixed in 2.2.32.Final
- io.undertow:undertow-coreMaven
From 2.3.0.Alpha1 · fixed in 2.3.13.Final