Vulnerability · Published Jun 2, 2021 · Assigned by redhat
CVE-2020-14340
Medium 5.9
In plain English
A medium-severity uncontrolled resource consumption in XNIO. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 2.2% (higher than 83% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS NVD)5.9Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)2.2%top 17.3% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
A vulnerability was discovered in XNIO where file descriptor leak caused by growing amounts of NIO Selector file handles between garbage collection cycles. It may allow the attacker to cause a denial of service. It affects XNIO versions 3.6.0.Beta1 through 3.8.1.Final.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | jboss-xnio | 3.8.2-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-14340 |
| Debian:13 | jboss-xnio | 3.8.2-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-14340 |
| Debian:14 | jboss-xnio | 3.8.2-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-14340 |
| Maven | org.jboss.xnio:xnio-nio | 3.8.2.Final | GHSA-c738-77x8-wmq5 |
| Maven | org.jboss.xnio:xnio-nio | 3.7.9.Final | GHSA-c738-77x8-wmq5 |
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-400
References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1860218 x_refsource_MISC
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.html x_refsource_MISC
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html x_refsource_MISC