Denial of Service Vulnerability in Netty by Requesting Malformed SSLv2Hello Messages
CVE-2014-3488
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Summary
The SslHandler component in Netty versions prior to 3.9.2 is susceptible to a denial of service attack. By sending a specially crafted SSLv2Hello message, attackers can induce an infinite loop, resulting in excessive CPU usage. This vulnerability allows remote actors to leverage this flaw for disruption, significantly affecting server availability.
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