Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime Affecting pki-servlet-engine package, versions <1:9.0.50-1.el9


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
4.13% (93rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL9-PKISERVLETENGINE-5711038
  • published15 Oct 2021
  • disclosed14 Oct 2021

Introduced: 14 Oct 2021

CVE-2021-42340  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-772  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:9 pki-servlet-engine to version 1:9.0.50-1.el9 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHBA-2022:8077.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream pki-servlet-engine package and not the pki-servlet-engine package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

The fix for bug 63362 present in Apache Tomcat 10.1.0-M1 to 10.1.0-M5, 10.0.0-M1 to 10.0.11, 9.0.40 to 9.0.53 and 8.5.60 to 8.5.71 introduced a memory leak. The object introduced to collect metrics for HTTP upgrade connections was not released for WebSocket connections once the connection was closed. This created a memory leak that, over time, could lead to a denial of service via an OutOfMemoryError.

CVSS Scores

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