PT-2021-11416 · Red Hat · Undertow

Published

2021-02-23

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Updated

2022-02-09

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CVE-2020-27782

CVSS v2.0

7.8

High

VectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Undertow versions 2.0.33.SP2, 2.1.5.SP1, 2.2.3.SP1
Description: A flaw was found in the Undertow AJP connector, allowing malicious requests and abrupt connection closes to be triggered by an attacker using query strings with non-RFC compliant characters, resulting in a denial of service. The highest threat from this issue is to system availability.
Recommendations: For Undertow version 2.0.33.SP2, update to a fixed version to resolve the issue. For Undertow version 2.1.5.SP1, update to a fixed version to resolve the issue. For Undertow version 2.2.3.SP1, update to a fixed version to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting the use of query strings with non-RFC compliant characters in the Undertow AJP connector until a patch is available.

Fix

Resource Exhaustion

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Weakness Enumeration

Related Identifiers

CVE-2020-27782
GHSA-RHCW-WJCM-9H6G
RHSA-2021:0246
RHSA-2021:0247
RHSA-2021:0248
RHSA-2025:9582

Affected Products

Undertow