vulnerability
Red Hat JBoss EAP: CVE-2020-11612: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | Jan 31, 2020 | Sep 19, 2024 | Jul 2, 2025 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Jan 31, 2020
Added
Sep 19, 2024
Modified
Jul 2, 2025
Description
The ZlibDecoders in Netty 4.1.x before 4.1.46 allow for unbounded memory allocation while decoding a ZlibEncoded byte stream. An attacker could send a large ZlibEncoded byte stream to the Netty server, forcing the server to allocate all of its free memory to a single decoder.. A flaw was found in Netty in the way it handles the amount of data it compresses and decompresses. The Compression/Decompression codecs should enforce memory allocation size limits to avoid an Out of Memory Error (OOME) or exhaustion of the memory pool.
Solution
red-hat-jboss-eap-upgrade-latest
References
- CWE-770
- CVE-2020-11612
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2020-11612
- URL-https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-11612
- URL-https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1816216
- URL-https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:3461
- URL-https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:3462
- URL-https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:3463
- URL-https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:3464
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