CVE-2021-42697

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Summary

CVECVE-2021-42697
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-11-02 22:15:00 UTC
Updated2022-06-13 15:41:00 UTC
DescriptionAkka HTTP 10.1.x before 10.1.15 and 10.2.x before 10.2.7 can encounter stack exhaustion while parsing HTTP headers, which allows a remote attacker to conduct a Denial of Service attack by sending a User-Agent header with deeply nested comments.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-674

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Akka Http Server All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Akka HTTP 10.1.14 Denial Of Service ≈ Packet Storm MISC packetstormsecurity.com
News & Articles | Akka MISC akka.io
CVE-2021-42697: Stack overflow while parsing User-Agent header with deeply nested comments • Akka HTTP MISC doc.akka.io
Akka HTTP 10.2.7 Released | Akka MISC akka.io
Akka HTTP 10.1.15 Released | Akka MISC akka.io
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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