Vulnerability · Published Oct 30, 2020 · Assigned by redhat
CVE-2020-25689
Medium 5.3
In plain English
A medium-severity memory leak in wildfly-core from Red Hat. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.5% (higher than 74% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Official description
A memory leak flaw was found in WildFly in all versions up to 21.0.0.Final, where host-controller tries to reconnect in a loop, generating new connections which are not properly closed while not able to connect to domain-controller. This flaw allows an attacker to cause an Out of memory (OOM) issue, leading to a denial of service. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maven | org.wildfly:wildfly-dist | 21.0.1 | GHSA-97hp-6q9g-5cw2 |
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat | wildfly-core | up to 21.0.0.Final |
Weakness: CWE-401 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H