CWE-400
DiscouragedUncontrolled Resource Consumption
Abstraction: Class · Status: Draft
The product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource.
5412 vulnerabilities reference this CWE, most recent first.
GHSA-V29W-RQ39-W9PW
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-10-08 18:33 – Updated: 2024-10-08 18:33Internet Small Computer Systems Interface (iSCSI) Denial of Service Vulnerability
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"aliases": [
"CVE-2024-43515"
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"nvd_published_at": "2024-10-08T18:15:14Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "Internet Small Computer Systems Interface (iSCSI) Denial of Service Vulnerability",
"id": "GHSA-v29w-rq39-w9pw",
"modified": "2024-10-08T18:33:15Z",
"published": "2024-10-08T18:33:15Z",
"references": [
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"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-43515"
},
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-43515"
}
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"severity": [
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"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-V2GX-JJ2V-QJCG
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-07-14 18:32 – Updated: 2026-07-14 18:32Uncontrolled resource consumption in Windows DHCP Server allows an unauthorized attacker to deny service over a network.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2026-58627"
],
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"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-400"
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"nvd_published_at": "2026-07-14T18:18:44Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "Uncontrolled resource consumption in Windows DHCP Server allows an unauthorized attacker to deny service over a network.",
"id": "GHSA-v2gx-jj2v-qjcg",
"modified": "2026-07-14T18:32:42Z",
"published": "2026-07-14T18:32:42Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-58627"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-58627"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
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"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-V2P6-4MP7-3R9V
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2019-06-14 16:26 – Updated: 2020-08-31 18:34Versions of underscore.string prior to 3.3.5 are vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS).
The function unescapeHTML is vulnerable to ReDoS due to an overly-broad regex. The slowdown is approximately 2s for 50,000 characters but grows exponentially with larger inputs.
Recommendation
Upgrade to version 3.3.5 or higher.
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"github_reviewed_at": "2019-06-14T16:24:01Z",
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"details": "Versions of `underscore.string` prior to *3.3.5* are vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS).\n\nThe function `unescapeHTML` is vulnerable to ReDoS due to an overly-broad regex. The slowdown is approximately 2s for 50,000 characters but grows exponentially with larger inputs.\n\n\n## Recommendation\n\nUpgrade to version 3.3.5 or higher.",
"id": "GHSA-v2p6-4mp7-3r9v",
"modified": "2020-08-31T18:34:16Z",
"published": "2019-06-14T16:26:22Z",
"references": [
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/epeli/underscore.string/issues/510"
},
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/epeli/underscore.string/pull/517"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/epeli/underscore.string/commit/f486cd684c94c12db48b45d52b1472a1b9661029"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/745"
}
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"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [],
"summary": "Regular Expression Denial of Service in underscore.string"
}
GHSA-V2PH-QCJX-GH8G
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-04-08 18:34 – Updated: 2025-04-08 18:34Uncontrolled resource consumption in Windows Standards-Based Storage Management Service allows an unauthorized attacker to deny service over a network.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2025-27486"
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"CWE-400"
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"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2025-04-08T18:15:59Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "Uncontrolled resource consumption in Windows Standards-Based Storage Management Service allows an unauthorized attacker to deny service over a network.",
"id": "GHSA-v2ph-qcjx-gh8g",
"modified": "2025-04-08T18:34:51Z",
"published": "2025-04-08T18:34:51Z",
"references": [
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"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-27486"
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-27486"
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"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-V2Q2-JXH8-M5H8
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-13 01:14 – Updated: 2025-04-20 03:48A denial of service flaw was found in OpenSSL 0.9.8, 1.0.1, 1.0.2 through 1.0.2h, and 1.1.0 in the way the TLS/SSL protocol defined processing of ALERT packets during a connection handshake. A remote attacker could use this flaw to make a TLS/SSL server consume an excessive amount of CPU and fail to accept connections from other clients.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2016-8610"
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"database_specific": {
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"CWE-400"
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"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2017-11-13T22:29:00Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "A denial of service flaw was found in OpenSSL 0.9.8, 1.0.1, 1.0.2 through 1.0.2h, and 1.1.0 in the way the TLS/SSL protocol defined processing of ALERT packets during a connection handshake. A remote attacker could use this flaw to make a TLS/SSL server consume an excessive amount of CPU and fail to accept connections from other clients.",
"id": "GHSA-v2q2-jxh8-m5h8",
"modified": "2025-04-20T03:48:22Z",
"published": "2022-05-13T01:14:25Z",
"references": [
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"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8610"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2019-5072832.html"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2019-5072835.html"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2020.html"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3773"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US\u0026docId=emr_na-hpesbhf03897en_us"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2016-8610"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20171130-0001"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-16:35.openssl.asc"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://security.360.cn/cve/CVE-2016-8610"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.openssl.org/gitweb/?p=openssl.git;a=commit;h=af58be768ebb690f78530f796e92b8ae5c9a4401"
},
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"url": "https://git.openssl.org/gitweb/?p=openssl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=af58be768ebb690f78530f796e92b8ae5c9a4401"
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{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-8610"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2494"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2493"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1802"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1801"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1658"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1414"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1413"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0286.html"
},
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0574.html"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-1415.html"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-1659.html"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2016/q4/224"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93841"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037084"
}
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"severity": [
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"score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-V2Q8-RHC7-3CRP
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2023-03-14 18:30 – Updated: 2023-03-14 18:30Windows Secure Channel Denial of Service Vulnerability
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2023-24862"
],
"database_specific": {
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"CWE-400"
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"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2023-03-14T17:15:00Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "Windows Secure Channel Denial of Service Vulnerability",
"id": "GHSA-v2q8-rhc7-3crp",
"modified": "2023-03-14T18:30:20Z",
"published": "2023-03-14T18:30:20Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-24862"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2023-24862"
}
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"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
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"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-V2R4-GX3M-JF68
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-24 17:00 – Updated: 2024-04-04 02:38CloakCoin through 2.2.2.0 (a chain-based proof-of-stake cryptocurrency) allows a remote denial of service, exploitable by an attacker who acquires even a small amount of stake/coins in the system. The attacker sends invalid headers/blocks, which are stored on the victim's disk.
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"aliases": [
"CVE-2018-19167"
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"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-400"
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"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2019-11-05T21:15:00Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "CloakCoin through 2.2.2.0 (a chain-based proof-of-stake cryptocurrency) allows a remote denial of service, exploitable by an attacker who acquires even a small amount of stake/coins in the system. The attacker sends invalid headers/blocks, which are stored on the victim\u0027s disk.",
"id": "GHSA-v2r4-gx3m-jf68",
"modified": "2024-04-04T02:38:20Z",
"published": "2022-05-24T17:00:21Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-19167"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://medium.com/%40dsl_uiuc/fake-stake-attacks-on-chain-based-proof-of-stake-cryptocurrencies-b8b05723f806"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://medium.com/@dsl_uiuc/fake-stake-attacks-on-chain-based-proof-of-stake-cryptocurrencies-b8b05723f806"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://fc19.ifca.ai/preproceedings/180-preproceedings.pdf"
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"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-V2X5-JQ6X-Q6HF
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-13 01:03 – Updated: 2022-05-13 01:03A Resource Exhaustion issue was discovered in Rockwell Automation ControlLogix 5580 controllers V28.011, V28.012, and V28.013; ControlLogix 5580 controllers V29.011; CompactLogix 5380 controllers V28.011; and CompactLogix 5380 controllers V29.011. This vulnerability may allow an attacker to cause a denial of service condition by sending a series of specific CIP-based commands to the controller.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2017-6024"
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"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-400"
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"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2017-05-06T00:29:00Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "A Resource Exhaustion issue was discovered in Rockwell Automation ControlLogix 5580 controllers V28.011, V28.012, and V28.013; ControlLogix 5580 controllers V29.011; CompactLogix 5380 controllers V28.011; and CompactLogix 5380 controllers V29.011. This vulnerability may allow an attacker to cause a denial of service condition by sending a series of specific CIP-based commands to the controller.",
"id": "GHSA-v2x5-jq6x-q6hf",
"modified": "2022-05-13T01:03:07Z",
"published": "2022-05-13T01:03:07Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-6024"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-17-094-05"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98309"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
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"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-V39J-F7JX-49HV
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-13 01:09 – Updated: 2022-05-13 01:09Martem TELEM GW6 and GWM devices with firmware 2018.04.18-linux_4-01-601cb47 and prior allow the creation of new connections to one or more IOAs, without closing them properly, which may cause a denial of service within the industrial process control channel.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2018-10607"
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"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-400"
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"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2018-07-31T17:29:00Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "Martem TELEM GW6 and GWM devices with firmware 2018.04.18-linux_4-01-601cb47 and prior allow the creation of new connections to one or more IOAs, without closing them properly, which may cause a denial of service within the industrial process control channel.",
"id": "GHSA-v39j-f7jx-49hv",
"modified": "2022-05-13T01:09:10Z",
"published": "2022-05-13T01:09:10Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-10607"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-18-142-01"
},
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://martem.eu/csa/Martem_CSA_Telem_1805184.pdf"
},
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104286"
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"score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-V39Q-7G48-XFWH
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-07-15 21:31 – Updated: 2025-07-15 21:31Vulnerability in the MySQL Server product of Oracle MySQL (component: Server: Optimizer). Supported versions that are affected are 8.0.0-8.0.42, 8.4.0-8.4.5 and 9.0.0-9.3.0. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with network access via multiple protocols to compromise MySQL Server. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS) of MySQL Server. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 6.5 (Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H).
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"CVE-2025-50083"
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"CWE-400"
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"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2025-07-15T20:15:44Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "Vulnerability in the MySQL Server product of Oracle MySQL (component: Server: Optimizer). Supported versions that are affected are 8.0.0-8.0.42, 8.4.0-8.4.5 and 9.0.0-9.3.0. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with network access via multiple protocols to compromise MySQL Server. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS) of MySQL Server. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 6.5 (Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H).",
"id": "GHSA-v39q-7g48-xfwh",
"modified": "2025-07-15T21:31:41Z",
"published": "2025-07-15T21:31:41Z",
"references": [
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"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-50083"
},
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2025.html"
}
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"type": "CVSS_V3"
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}
Mitigation
Design throttling mechanisms into the system architecture. The best protection is to limit the amount of resources that an unauthorized user can cause to be expended. A strong authentication and access control model will help prevent such attacks from occurring in the first place. The login application should be protected against DoS attacks as much as possible. Limiting the database access, perhaps by caching result sets, can help minimize the resources expended. To further limit the potential for a DoS attack, consider tracking the rate of requests received from users and blocking requests that exceed a defined rate threshold.
Mitigation
- Mitigation of resource exhaustion attacks requires that the target system either:
- The first of these solutions is an issue in itself though, since it may allow attackers to prevent the use of the system by a particular valid user. If the attacker impersonates the valid user, they may be able to prevent the user from accessing the server in question.
- The second solution is simply difficult to effectively institute -- and even when properly done, it does not provide a full solution. It simply makes the attack require more resources on the part of the attacker.
- recognizes the attack and denies that user further access for a given amount of time, or
- uniformly throttles all requests in order to make it more difficult to consume resources more quickly than they can again be freed.
Mitigation
Ensure that protocols have specific limits of scale placed on them.
Mitigation
Ensure that all failures in resource allocation place the system into a safe posture.
CAPEC-147: XML Ping of the Death
An attacker initiates a resource depletion attack where a large number of small XML messages are delivered at a sufficiently rapid rate to cause a denial of service or crash of the target. Transactions such as repetitive SOAP transactions can deplete resources faster than a simple flooding attack because of the additional resources used by the SOAP protocol and the resources necessary to process SOAP messages. The transactions used are immaterial as long as they cause resource utilization on the target. In other words, this is a normal flooding attack augmented by using messages that will require extra processing on the target.
CAPEC-227: Sustained Client Engagement
An adversary attempts to deny legitimate users access to a resource by continually engaging a specific resource in an attempt to keep the resource tied up as long as possible. The adversary's primary goal is not to crash or flood the target, which would alert defenders; rather it is to repeatedly perform actions or abuse algorithmic flaws such that a given resource is tied up and not available to a legitimate user. By carefully crafting a requests that keep the resource engaged through what is seemingly benign requests, legitimate users are limited or completely denied access to the resource.
CAPEC-492: Regular Expression Exponential Blowup
An adversary may execute an attack on a program that uses a poor Regular Expression(Regex) implementation by choosing input that results in an extreme situation for the Regex. A typical extreme situation operates at exponential time compared to the input size. This is due to most implementations using a Nondeterministic Finite Automaton(NFA) state machine to be built by the Regex algorithm since NFA allows backtracking and thus more complex regular expressions.