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CVE-2021-42340

DoS via memory leak with WebSocket connections PUBLISHED

Description (CNA)

The fix for bug 63362 present in Apache Tomcat 10.1.0-M1 to 10.1.0-M5, 10.0.0-M1 to 10.0.11, 9.0.40 to 9.0.53 and 8.5.60 to 8.5.71 introduced a memory leak. The object introduced to collect metrics for HTTP upgrade connections was not released for WebSocket connections once the connection was closed. This created a memory leak that, over time, could lead to a denial of service via an OutOfMemoryError.

Affected (CNA)

Vendor / productVersions
Apache Software Foundation / Apache Tomcataffected Apache Tomcat 10 10.0.0-M10 to 10.0.11; affected Apache Tomcat 10 10.1.0-M1 to 10.1.0-M5; affected Apache Tomcat 9 9.0.40 to 9.0.53; affected Apache Tomcat 8 8.5.60 to 8.5.71

CWE

CWE-772

References

ADP enrichment

CVE

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