CVE-2016-9589 Vulnerability Details

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CVE-2016-9589 Metadata Quick Info

CVE Published: 12/03/2018 | CVE Updated: 06/08/2024 | CVE Year: 2016
Source: redhat | Vendor: Red Hat, Inc. | Product: wildfly
Status : PUBLISHED

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CVE-2016-9589 Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS Version: 3.1 | Base Score: n/a
Vector: n/a

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Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

CWE-ID: CWE-400
CWE Name: CWE-400
Source: Red Hat, Inc.

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Source: NVD (National Vulnerability Database).