VulnerabilityDeferred
CVE-2023-1973
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.
HIGH 7.5EPSS 1.28%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.28%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.28% probability · 68th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-20
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1674
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1675
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1676
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1677
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2763
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2764
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-1973
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2185662
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.