CVE-2024-1023
Io.vertx/vertx-core: memory leak due to the use of netty fastthreadlocal data structures in vertx
MEDIUM 6.5
At a glance
- Source
- NVD
- EPSS
- EPSS 1.65 % · percentile 76 ()
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- redhat
- NVD status
- Deferred
Description
A vulnerability in the Eclipse Vert.x toolkit results in a memory leak due to using Netty FastThreadLocal data structures. Specifically, when the Vert.x HTTP client establishes connections to different hosts, triggering the memory leak. The leak can be accelerated with intimate runtime knowledge, allowing an attacker to exploit this vulnerability. For instance, a server accepting arbitrary internet addresses could serve as an attack vector by connecting to these addresses, thereby accelerating the memory leak.
Weaknesses (CWE)
- CWE-401 — Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1662
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1706
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2088
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2833
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:3527
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:3989
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:4884
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-1023
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2260840
- https://github.com/eclipse-vertx/vert.x/issues/5078
- https://github.com/eclipse-vertx/vert.x/pull/5080
- https://github.com/eclipse-vertx/vert.x/pull/5082
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM 6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H | redhat |
| CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM 6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H | NVD · secalert@redhat.com (Secondary) |
Advisories
- GHSA-5667-3wch-7q7w — Eclipse Vert.x memory leak
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2024-0823
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2024-1023
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| vertx-core | affected 4.4.5 ; affected 4.4.6 ; affected 4.5.0 ; affected 4.5.1 |
| Red Hat · CEQ 3.2 | |
| Red Hat · Cryostat 2 on RHEL 8 | unaffected 2.4.0-7 < * |
| Red Hat · Cryostat 2 on RHEL 8 | unaffected 2.4.0-4 < * |
| Red Hat · Cryostat 2 on RHEL 8 | unaffected 2.4.0-4 < * |
| Red Hat · Cryostat 2 on RHEL 8 | unaffected 2.4.0-4 < * |
| Red Hat · Cryostat 2 on RHEL 8 | unaffected 2.4.0-9 < * |
| Red Hat · Cryostat 2 on RHEL 8 | unaffected 2.4.0-4 < * |
| Red Hat · MTA-6.2-RHEL-9 | unaffected 6.2.3-2 < * |
| Red Hat · Red Hat AMQ Streams 2.7.0 | |
| Red Hat · Red Hat build of Apache Camel 4.4.1 for Spring Boot 3.2 | |
| Red Hat · Red Hat build of Quarkus 3.2.11.Final | unaffected 4.4.8.redhat-00001 < * |
| Red Hat · RHINT Service Registry 2.5.11 GA | |
| Red Hat · A-MQ Clients 2 | |
| Red Hat · Migration Toolkit for Runtimes | |
| Red Hat · OpenShift Serverless | |
| Red Hat · Red Hat AMQ Broker 7 | |
| Red Hat · Red Hat build of Apache Camel 4 for Quarkus 3 | |
| Red Hat · Red Hat build of Apache Camel for Spring Boot 3 | |
| Red Hat · Red Hat Build of Keycloak |
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |