CVE-2017-20024

A vulnerability was found in Solare Solar-Log 2.8.4-56/3.5.2-85. It has been classified as problematic. Affected is an unknown function. The manipulation leads to denial of service. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. Upgrading to version 3.5.3-86 is able to address this issue. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Weakness

The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use.

Affected Software

Potential Mitigations

• Use a language that does not allow this weakness to occur or provides constructs that make this weakness easier to avoid.
• For example, languages such as Java, Ruby, and Lisp perform automatic garbage collection that releases memory for objects that have been deallocated.

Related Attack Patterns

• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/125.html
• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/130.html
• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/131.html
• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/494.html
• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/495.html
• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/496.html
• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/666.html

References

• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Mar/58
• https://vuldb.com/?id.98934
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Mar/58
• https://vuldb.com/?id.98934