Vulnerability Intelligence Report
CVE-2016-9589
Undertow in Red Hat wildfly before version 11.0.0.Beta1 is vulnerable to a resource exhaustion resulting in a denial of service. Undertow keeps a cache of seen HTTP headers in persistent connections. It was found that this cache can easily exploited to fill memory with garbage, up to "max-headers" (default 200) * "max-header-size" (default 1MB) per active TCP connection.
No Active Exploit Signals
CVSS Base Score
7.5
HIGH
EPSS Probability:3.13%
Executive Threat Verdict
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Attack Surface
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Authentication
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Weaponization
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SSVC Action
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Weaknesses (CWE)
CWE-400 ↗CWE-400
Affected Products & Versions
| Vendor | Product | Affected Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat, Inc. | wildfly | 11.0.0.Beta1 (affected) |
References & Technical Advisories
No reference links found.
Threat Intelligence Signals
EPSS Score
3.133%
GitHub Advisory
Identity & Timeline
| Status | PUBLISHED |
| Assigning Authority | Red Hat, Inc. · Vendor · USA |
| Reserved | 2016-11-23T00:00:00 |
| Published | 2018-03-12T15:00:00 |
| Patch Date | 2017-03-22 |
| Last Updated | 2024-08-06T02:59:02 |
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