Medium, CVSS 5.9MavenPublished
Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in XNIO
CVE-2020-14340 · GHSA-c738-77x8-wmq5
- Affected
- Maven org.jboss.xnio:xnio-nio >= 3.8.0.Final, <= 3.8.1.Final; >= 3.6.0, <= 3.7.8.Final
- Fixed in
- 3.7.9.Final3.8.2.Final· Vendor fix available
- Issue
- 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.
Recommended action: Upgrade to 3.8.2.Final or 3.7.9.Final by release line, then redeploy and verify.A vendor fix does not resolve your finding until you verify it in your own systems.