Resource exhaustion in Red Hat Undertow
CVE-2018-1114
It was found that URLResource.getLastModified() in Undertow closes the file descriptors only when they are finalized which can cause file descriptors to exhaust. This leads to a file handler leak.
Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)
EPSS: 0.023 (81.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
Affected products
- Red Hat Undertow — versions n/a
- Redhat Undertow
- Redhat Virtualization — versions 4.0, 4.2
- Redhat Virtualization_host — versions 4.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, Issue Tracking)
- secalert@redhat.com (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2018-1114?
- CVE-2018-1114 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Red Hat Undertow, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2018-09-11.
- How severe is CVE-2018-1114?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.