CVE-2024-1635
highpriority · track · 2EPSS 0.046 · 92 %ileDEEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-22
A vulnerability was found in Undertow. This vulnerability impacts a server that supports the wildfly-http-client protocol. Whenever a malicious user opens and closes a connection with the HTTP port of the server and then closes the connection immediately, the server will end with both memory and open file limits exhausted at some point, depending on the amount of memory available. At HTTP upgrade to remoting, the WriteTimeoutStreamSinkConduit leaks connections if RemotingConnection is closed by Remoting ServerConnectionOpenListener. Because the remoting connection originates in Undertow as part of the HTTP upgrade, there is an external layer to the remoting connection. This connection is unaware of the outermost layer when closing the connection during the connection opening procedure. Hence, the Undertow WriteTimeoutStreamSinkConduit is not notified of the closed connection in this scenario. Because WriteTimeoutStreamSinkConduit creates a timeout task, the whole dependency tree leaks via that task, which is added to XNIO WorkerThread. So, the workerThread points to the Undertow conduit, which contains the connections and causes the leak.
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.9–7.5
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affected products (67)
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advisories (3)
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- WID-SEC-W-2024-0869Oracle Communications: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2024-04-16csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, anonymer Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Oracle Communications ausnutzen, um die Vertraulichkeit, Integrität und Verfügbarkeit zu gefährden.
- WID-SEC-W-2024-0910Red Hat Single Sign On: Mehrere Schwachstellen ermöglichen Umgehen von SicherheitsvorkehrungenDeutsch2024-04-16csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, anonymer Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Red Hat Single Sign On ausnutzen, um Sicherheitsmaßnahmen zu umgehen, einen Denial-of-Service-Zustand auszulösen, DDoS-Angriffe durchzuführen, vertrauliche Informationen offenzulegen oder Dateien zu manipulieren.
- GHSA-w6qf-42m7-vh68Undertow Uncontrolled Resource Consumption Vulnerability2024-02-20ghsa · osvUS
A vulnerability was found in Undertow. This vulnerability impacts a server that supports the wildfly-http-client protocol. Whenever a malicious user opens and closes a connection with the HTTP port of the server and then closes the connection immediately, the server will end with both memory and open file limits exhausted at some point, depending on the amount of memory available. At HTTP upgrade to remoting, the WriteTimeoutStreamSinkConduit leaks connections if RemotingConnection is closed by Remoting ServerConnectionOpenListener. Because the remoting connection originates in Undertow as part of the HTTP upgrade, there is an external layer to the remoting connection. This connection is unaware of the outermost layer when closing the connection during the connection opening procedure. Hence, the Undertow WriteTimeoutStreamSinkConduit is not notified of the closed connection in this scenario. Because WriteTimeoutStreamSinkConduit creates a timeout task, the whole dependency tree leaks via that task, which is added to XNIO WorkerThread. So, the workerThread points to the Undertow conduit, which contains the connections and causes the leak.
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references (36)
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- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-1635cnnvd
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2264928cnnvd
- https://cxsecurity.com/cveshow/CVE-2024-1635/cnnvd
- https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/Undertow-denial-of-service-via-wildfly-cnnvd
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2024.htmlcnnvd
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1674enisa_euvd
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1675enisa_euvd
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1676enisa_euvd
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