Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling Affecting openjdk21 package, versions <21.0.2_p13-r0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Snyk's Security Team recommends NVD's CVSS assessment

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.08% (35th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-ALPINE320-OPENJDK21-7013241
  • published 23 May 2024
  • disclosed 12 Oct 2023

How to fix?

Upgrade Alpine:3.20 openjdk21 to version 21.0.2_p13-r0 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream openjdk21 package and not the openjdk21 package as distributed by Alpine. See How to fix? for Alpine:3.20 relevant fixed versions and status.

Denial of Service in JSON-Java versions up to and including 20230618.  A bug in the parser means that an input string of modest size can lead to indefinite amounts of memory being used.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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NVD

Recommended
7.5 high
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    None
  • Integrity (I)
    None
  • Availability (A)
    High
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Red Hat

7.5 high