CWE-400
DiscouragedUncontrolled Resource Consumption
Abstraction: Class · Status: Draft
The product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource.
5417 vulnerabilities reference this CWE, most recent first.
GHSA-X762-73P7-HFJC
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-24 19:15 – Updated: 2022-07-09 00:00A vulnerability in the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) punt handling function of Cisco cBR-8 Converged Broadband Routers could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to overload a device punt path, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition. This vulnerability is due to the punt path being overwhelmed by large quantities of SNMP requests. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a large number of SNMP requests to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to overload the device punt path, resulting in a DoS condition.
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"aliases": [
"CVE-2021-1623"
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"CWE-400"
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"nvd_published_at": "2021-09-23T03:15:00Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "A vulnerability in the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) punt handling function of Cisco cBR-8 Converged Broadband Routers could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to overload a device punt path, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition. This vulnerability is due to the punt path being overwhelmed by large quantities of SNMP requests. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a large number of SNMP requests to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to overload the device punt path, resulting in a DoS condition.",
"id": "GHSA-x762-73p7-hfjc",
"modified": "2022-07-09T00:00:21Z",
"published": "2022-05-24T19:15:39Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-1623"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-cbr8snmp-zGjkZ9Fc"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
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"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-X79W-G5HR-45PG
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-03-31 12:30 – Updated: 2024-03-31 12:30IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty 17.0.0.3 through 24.0.0.3 is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by sending a specially crafted request. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the server to consume memory resources. IBM X-Force ID: 280400.
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"aliases": [
"CVE-2024-22353"
],
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"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-400",
"CWE-770"
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"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2024-03-31T12:15:50Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty 17.0.0.3 through 24.0.0.3 is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by sending a specially crafted request. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the server to consume memory resources. IBM X-Force ID: 280400.",
"id": "GHSA-x79w-g5hr-45pg",
"modified": "2024-03-31T12:30:36Z",
"published": "2024-03-31T12:30:36Z",
"references": [
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"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-22353"
},
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/280400"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7145365"
}
],
"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:H/I:N/A:N",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-X7C5-9R9G-PGHJ
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-03-20 12:32 – Updated: 2025-03-20 12:32A Denial of Service (DoS) vulnerability exists in the file upload feature of binary-husky/gpt_academic version 3.83. The vulnerability is due to improper handling of form-data with a large filename in the file upload request. An attacker can exploit this vulnerability by sending a payload with an excessively large filename, causing the server to become overwhelmed and unavailable for legitimate users.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2024-11033"
],
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"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-400"
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"nvd_published_at": "2025-03-20T10:15:22Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "A Denial of Service (DoS) vulnerability exists in the file upload feature of binary-husky/gpt_academic version 3.83. The vulnerability is due to improper handling of form-data with a large filename in the file upload request. An attacker can exploit this vulnerability by sending a payload with an excessively large filename, causing the server to become overwhelmed and unavailable for legitimate users.",
"id": "GHSA-x7c5-9r9g-pghj",
"modified": "2025-03-20T12:32:41Z",
"published": "2025-03-20T12:32:41Z",
"references": [
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"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-11033"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://huntr.com/bounties/78afc15c-7db7-42fe-90f5-a0480a2ec222"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
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"score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-X7CF-699F-FPWC
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-24 19:18 – Updated: 2023-08-16 18:30A vulnerability in SSL/TLS message handler for Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software and Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected device. This vulnerability exists because incoming SSL/TLS packets are not properly processed. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted SSL/TLS packet to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the affected device to reload, resulting in a DoS condition.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2021-40117"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-119",
"CWE-400"
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"github_reviewed": false,
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"nvd_published_at": "2021-10-27T19:15:00Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "A vulnerability in SSL/TLS message handler for Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software and Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected device. This vulnerability exists because incoming SSL/TLS packets are not properly processed. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted SSL/TLS packet to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the affected device to reload, resulting in a DoS condition.",
"id": "GHSA-x7cf-699f-fpwc",
"modified": "2023-08-16T18:30:20Z",
"published": "2022-05-24T19:18:53Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-40117"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-asaftd-dos-4ygzLKU9"
}
],
"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-X7HM-4QR3-5HPG
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-12-26 06:30 – Updated: 2023-01-05 18:30Certain General Electric Renewable Energy products allow attackers to use a code to trigger a reboot into the factory default configuration. This affects iNET and iNET II before 8.3.0, SD before 6.4.7, TD220X before 2.0.16, and TD220MAX before 1.2.6.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2022-24118"
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"CWE-400"
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"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2022-12-26T05:15:00Z",
"severity": "CRITICAL"
},
"details": "Certain General Electric Renewable Energy products allow attackers to use a code to trigger a reboot into the factory default configuration. This affects iNET and iNET II before 8.3.0, SD before 6.4.7, TD220X before 2.0.16, and TD220MAX before 1.2.6.",
"id": "GHSA-x7hm-4qr3-5hpg",
"modified": "2023-01-05T18:30:30Z",
"published": "2022-12-26T06:30:22Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-24118"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ics/advisories/icsa-22-090-06"
}
],
"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:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
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}
GHSA-X7HP-R3QG-R3CJ
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-02-26 19:55 – Updated: 2026-02-26 19:55Impact
An attacker who uses this vulnerability can craft a PDF which leads to the RAM being exhausted. This requires accessing the xfa property of a reader or writer and the corresponding stream being compressed using /FlateDecode.
Patches
This has been fixed in pypdf==6.7.3.
Workarounds
If projects cannot upgrade yet, consider applying the changes from PR #3658.
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"ecosystem": "PyPI",
"name": "pypdf"
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"ranges": [
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"events": [
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"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
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"aliases": [
"CVE-2026-27888"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-400"
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"github_reviewed": true,
"github_reviewed_at": "2026-02-26T19:55:33Z",
"nvd_published_at": "2026-02-26T01:16:25Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "### Impact\nAn attacker who uses this vulnerability can craft a PDF which leads to the RAM being exhausted. This requires accessing the `xfa` property of a reader or writer and the corresponding stream being compressed using `/FlateDecode`.\n\n### Patches\nThis has been fixed in [pypdf==6.7.3](https://github.com/py-pdf/pypdf/releases/tag/6.7.3).\n\n### Workarounds\nIf projects cannot upgrade yet, consider applying the changes from PR [#3658](https://github.com/py-pdf/pypdf/pull/3658).",
"id": "GHSA-x7hp-r3qg-r3cj",
"modified": "2026-02-26T19:55:33Z",
"published": "2026-02-26T19:55:33Z",
"references": [
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/py-pdf/pypdf/security/advisories/GHSA-x7hp-r3qg-r3cj"
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"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-27888"
},
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/py-pdf/pypdf/pull/3658"
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"url": "https://github.com/py-pdf/pypdf/commit/7a4c8246ed48d9d328fb596942271da47b6d109c"
},
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"type": "PACKAGE",
"url": "https://github.com/py-pdf/pypdf"
},
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/py-pdf/pypdf/releases/tag/6.7.3"
}
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"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
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"score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U",
"type": "CVSS_V4"
}
],
"summary": "pypdf: Manipulated FlateDecode XFA streams can exhaust RAM"
}
GHSA-X7PH-QCHV-4QV7
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2023-02-01 18:30 – Updated: 2023-02-10 00:30On versions 17.0.x before 17.0.0.2, 16.1.x before 16.1.3.3, 15.1.0 before 15.1.8, 14.1.x before 14.1.5.3, and all versions of 13.1.x, when a BIG-IP Advanced WAF or BIG-IP ASM security policy is configured on a virtual server, undisclosed requests can cause an increase in memory resource utilization. Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated.
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"aliases": [
"CVE-2023-23552"
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"CWE-400"
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"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2023-02-01T18:15:00Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "On versions 17.0.x before 17.0.0.2, 16.1.x before 16.1.3.3, 15.1.0 before 15.1.8, 14.1.x before 14.1.5.3, and all versions of 13.1.x, when a BIG-IP Advanced WAF or BIG-IP ASM security policy is configured on a virtual server, undisclosed requests can cause an increase in memory resource utilization. Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated.",
"id": "GHSA-x7ph-qchv-4qv7",
"modified": "2023-02-10T00:30:20Z",
"published": "2023-02-01T18:30:22Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-23552"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://my.f5.com/manage/s/article/K17542533"
}
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"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-X86Q-VGV7-R385
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-04-28 15:31 – Updated: 2025-04-28 15:31The multiScan and picoScan are vulnerable to a denial-of-service (DoS) attack. A remote attacker can exploit this vulnerability by conducting a Slowloris-type attack, causing the web page to become unresponsive.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2025-32472"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-400"
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"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2025-04-28T13:15:23Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "The multiScan and picoScan are vulnerable to a denial-of-service (DoS) attack. A remote attacker can exploit this vulnerability by conducting a Slowloris-type attack, causing the web page to become unresponsive.",
"id": "GHSA-x86q-vgv7-r385",
"modified": "2025-04-28T15:31:41Z",
"published": "2025-04-28T15:31:41Z",
"references": [
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"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-32472"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://cdn.sick.com/media/docs/1/11/411/Special_information_CYBERSECURITY_BY_SICK_en_IM0084411.PDF"
},
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://sick.com/psirt"
},
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.cisa.gov/resources-tools/resources/ics-recommended-practices"
},
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.first.org/cvss/calculator/3.1"
},
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.sick.com/.well-known/csaf/white/2025/sca-2025-0006.json"
},
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.sick.com/.well-known/csaf/white/2025/sca-2025-0006.pdf"
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"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:L",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-X878-48G9-62P4
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-04-21 21:31 – Updated: 2026-04-21 21:31Vulnerability in the MySQL Server product of Oracle MySQL (component: Server: Optimizer). Supported versions that are affected are 8.0.0-8.0.45, 8.4.0-8.4.8 and 9.0.0-9.6.0. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows high 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 4.9 (Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H).
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"aliases": [
"CVE-2026-21998"
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"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-400"
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"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2026-04-21T21:16:24Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "Vulnerability in the MySQL Server product of Oracle MySQL (component: Server: Optimizer). Supported versions that are affected are 8.0.0-8.0.45, 8.4.0-8.4.8 and 9.0.0-9.6.0. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows high 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 4.9 (Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H).",
"id": "GHSA-x878-48g9-62p4",
"modified": "2026-04-21T21:31:24Z",
"published": "2026-04-21T21:31:24Z",
"references": [
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"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-21998"
},
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2026.html"
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"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
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GHSA-X8CF-FRRM-7GFX
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2023-09-06 03:30 – Updated: 2024-04-04 07:29A denial-of-service issue was addressed with improved input validation. This issue is fixed in macOS Ventura 13.3. A remote user may be able to cause a denial-of-service.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2023-28188"
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"database_specific": {
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"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2023-09-06T02:15:08Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
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"details": "A denial-of-service issue was addressed with improved input validation. This issue is fixed in macOS Ventura 13.3. A remote user may be able to cause a denial-of-service.",
"id": "GHSA-x8cf-frrm-7gfx",
"modified": "2024-04-04T07:29:57Z",
"published": "2023-09-06T03:30:19Z",
"references": [
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"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-28188"
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213670"
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"url": "https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213670"
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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.