CVE-2020-25689

MEDIUM

Redhat Wildfly < 21.0.0 - Memory Leak

Title source: rule

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.

References (2)

[Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-25689

[Third Party Advisory] https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20201123-0006/

Scores

CVSS v3 5.3

EPSS 0.0024

EPSS Percentile 46.6%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Classification

CWE

CWE-401

Status published

Affected Products (13)

redhat/wildfly < 21.0.0

redhat/fuse

redhat/jboss_data_grid

redhat/jboss_enterprise_application_platform

redhat/jboss_fuse

redhat/openshift_application_runtimes

redhat/single_sign-on

netapp/active_iq_unified_manager

netapp/oncommand_insight

netapp/service_level_manager

org.wildfly/wildfly-dist < 21.0.1Maven

Timeline

Published Nov 02, 2020

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026