Description
Akka 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.
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
n/a n/a
n/aaffected
References
- https://akka.io/blog/ ↗
- https://doc.akka.io/docs/akka-http/current/security/2021-CVE-2021-42697-stack-overflow-parsing-user-agent.html ↗
- https://akka.io/blog/news/2021/11/02/akka-http-10.2.7-released ↗
- https://akka.io/blog/news/2021/11/22/akka-http-10.1.15-released ↗
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/167018/Akka-HTTP-10.1.14-Denial-Of-Service.html ↗