PT-2023-32554
CVE-2023-6180
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Published
2023-12-05
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Updated
2023-12-12
Description by
CVSS 3.1
5.3
MediumMetricsAV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
tokio-boring version 4.0.0
Description
The issue is related to a memory leak that can cause excessive resource consumption and potentially lead to a Denial of Service (DoS) by resource exhaustion. This occurs because the
set ex data function, used by the library, fails to deallocate memory used by pre-existing data after completing a TLS connection, resulting in increased resource consumption with each new connection.Recommendations
For tokio-boring version 4.0.0, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.
Exploitability
Exploit
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