A vulnerability was found in bytedance InfiniStore up to 0.2.33. The impacted element is the function purge_kv_map in the library /src/infinistore.h of the component KV Map Handler. Performing a manipulation results in inefficient algorithmic complexity. The attack requires a local approach. The exploit has been made public and could be used. The project was informed of the problem early through an issue report but has not responded yet.
Weakness
The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use.
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
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