A vulnerability was discovered in XNIO where file descriptor leak caused by growing amounts of NIO Selector file handles between garbage collection cycles. It may allow the attacker to cause a denial of service. It affects XNIO versions 3.6.0.Beta1 through 3.8.1.Final.
CVE-2020-14340 - Medium Severity Vulnerability
The API JAR of the XNIO project
Library home page: http://www.jboss.org/xnio
Path to dependency file: /webgoat-integration-tests/pom.xml
Path to vulnerable library: /home/wss-scanner/.m2/repository/org/jboss/xnio/xnio-api/3.8.0.Final/xnio-api-3.8.0.Final.jar
Dependency Hierarchy: - webwolf-8.2.1-SNAPSHOT.jar (Root Library) - spring-boot-starter-undertow-2.4.3.jar - undertow-core-2.2.4.Final.jar - :x: **xnio-api-3.8.0.Final.jar** (Vulnerable Library)
Found in HEAD commit: 3f40aaa55b2c1a3432a061c27496ea82f484838a
Found in base branch: develop
A vulnerability was discovered in XNIO where file descriptor leak caused by growing amounts of NIO Selector file handles between garbage collection cycles. It may allow the attacker to cause a denial of service. It affects XNIO versions 3.6.0.Beta1 through 3.8.1.Final.
Publish Date: 2021-06-02
URL: CVE-2020-14340
Base Score Metrics: - Exploitability Metrics: - Attack Vector: Network - Attack Complexity: High - Privileges Required: None - User Interaction: None - Scope: Unchanged - Impact Metrics: - Confidentiality Impact: None - Integrity Impact: None - Availability Impact: High
For more information on CVSS3 Scores, click here.Type: Upgrade version
Origin: https://issues.redhat.com/browse/XNIO-376
Release Date: 2021-06-02
Fix Resolution: org.jboss.xnio:xnio-api:3.7.9.Final,3.8.2.Final