Resource Exhaustion Affecting fort-validator package, versions <1.5.3-1~deb11u1
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN11-FORTVALIDATOR-2327127
- published 12 Nov 2021
- disclosed 11 Nov 2021
Introduced: 11 Nov 2021
CVE-2021-3909 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Debian:11
fort-validator
to version 1.5.3-1~deb11u1 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream fort-validator
package and not the fort-validator
package as distributed by Debian
.
See How to fix?
for Debian:11
relevant fixed versions and status.
OctoRPKI does not limit the length of a connection, allowing for a slowloris DOS attack to take place which makes OctoRPKI wait forever. Specifically, the repository that OctoRPKI sends HTTP requests to will keep the connection open for a day before a response is returned, but does keep drip feeding new bytes to keep the connection alive.