CVE-2021-42697 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Akka HTTP 10.1.x before 10.1.15 and 10.2.x before 10.2.7 can encounter stack exhaustion while parsing HTTP headers, which allows a remote attacker to conduct a Denial of Service attack by sending a User-Agent header with deeply nested comments.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.7501.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Akka	Http Server

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:akka:http_server::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:akka:http_server::::::::

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Github GHSA	GHSA-3hw2-h67c-wq66	Uncontrolled Recursion in Akka HTTP

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/167018/Akka-HTTP-10.1.14-Denial-Of-Service.html
https://akka.io/blog/
https://akka.io/blog/news/2021/11/02/akka-http-10.2.7-released
https://akka.io/blog/news/2021/11/22/akka-http-10.1.15-released
https://doc.akka.io/docs/akka-http/current/security/2021-CVE-2021-42697-stack-overflow-parsing-user-agent.html

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2021-11-02T21:44:54

Updated: 2024-08-04T03:38:50.142Z

Reserved: 2021-10-18T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2021-42697

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-11-02T22:15:08.957

Modified: 2024-11-21T06:27:59.610

Link: CVE-2021-42697

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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