What is the CVSS score of CVE-2024-4029?

CVE-2024-4029 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 4.1 (Medium). CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H. EPSS exploitation probability: 0.3%.

Wildfly CVE-2024-4029

MEDIUM

Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling (CWE-770)

2024-05-02 secalert@redhat.com

Denial Of Service

4.1

CVSS 3.1 · Vendor: redhat

Severity by source

Vendor (redhat) PRIMARY

4.1 MEDIUM

AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Primary rating from Vendor (redhat) · only source for this CVE.

CVSS VectorVendor: redhat

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

High

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Lifecycle Timeline

CVE Published

May 02, 2024 - 15:15 cve.org

MEDIUM 4.1

DescriptionCVE.org

A vulnerability was found in Wildfly’s management interface. Due to the lack of limitation of sockets for the management interface, it may be possible to cause a denial of service hitting the nofile limit as there is no possibility to configure or set a maximum number of connections.

AnalysisAI

A vulnerability was found in Wildfly’s management interface. Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.1). No vendor patch available.

Technical ContextAI

This vulnerability is classified as Allocation of Resources Without Limits (CWE-770), which allows attackers to exhaust system resources through uncontrolled allocation. A vulnerability was found in Wildfly’s management interface. Due to the lack of limitation of sockets for the management interface, it may be possible to cause a denial of service hitting the nofile limit as there is no possibility to configure or set a maximum number of connections.

Affected ProductsAI

See vendor advisory for affected versions.

RemediationAI

No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Set resource limits, implement rate limiting, validate input sizes.