Denial of Service Vulnerability in Netty by Requesting Malformed SSLv2Hello Messages
CVE-2014-3488

Currently unrated

Key Information:

Vendor: Netty
Status: Netty
Vendor: CVE Published:; 31 July 2014

What is CVE-2014-3488?

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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