Improper Resource Shutdown or Release Affecting com.typesafe.akka:akka-http-core_2.12 package, versions [10.2.0-M1,10.2.7) [,10.1.15)
Snyk CVSS
Attack Complexity
Low
Availability
High
Threat Intelligence
Exploit Maturity
Mature
EPSS
2.12% (89th
percentile)
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- published 12 Jan 2022
- disclosed 12 Jan 2022
- credit Unknown
Introduced: 12 Jan 2022
CVE-2021-42697 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade com.typesafe.akka:akka-http-core_2.12
to version 10.2.7, 10.1.15 or higher.
Overview
com.typesafe.akka:akka-http-core_2.12 is a Scala implementation of the akka-http-core library which provides a streaming-first HTTP server and client.
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Resource Shutdown or Release which can encounter stack exhaustion while parsing HTTP headers. It allows a remote attacker to conduct a Denial of Service attack by sending a User-Agent header with deeply nested comments.