GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Maven

GHSA-wph7-x527-w3h5 Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime in Apache Tomcat

HIGH Published 2021-10-15 Modified 2024-03-11 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2021-42340
Ecosystem
Maven
Packages
org.apache.tomcat:tomcat
Severity
High
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-772
Reviewed
2021-10-15

Affected packages

• Maven org.apache.tomcat:tomcat: >= 10.1.0-M1, < 10.1.0-M6 → fixed in 10.1.0-M6 • Maven org.apache.tomcat:tomcat: >= 10.0.0-M1, < 10.0.12 → fixed in 10.0.12 • Maven org.apache.tomcat:tomcat: >= 9.0.40, < 9.0.54 → fixed in 9.0.54 • Maven org.apache.tomcat:tomcat: >= 8.5.60, < 8.5.72 → fixed in 8.5.72

Description

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.

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

  • CVE-2021-42340 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… vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-772 Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime weakness

References