CVE-2017-5637
HIGH severity · CVSS 7.5 · Missing authentication
7.5CVSS HIGH
Summary
Two four letter word commands "wchp/wchc" are CPU intensive and could cause spike of CPU utilization on Apache ZooKeeper server if abused, which leads to the server unable to serve legitimate client requests. Apache ZooKeeper thru version 3.4.9 and 3.5.2 suffer from this issue, fixed in 3.4.10, 3.5.3, and later.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexityLow
Privileges requiredNone
User interactionNone
Confidentiality impactNone
Integrity impactNone
Availability impactHigh
Exploit probability (EPSS)74%
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix promptly. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Additional information
- NVD record
- https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ZOOKEEPER-2693Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3871Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98814Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2477
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3354
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3355
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/053d9ce4d579b02203db18545fee5e33f35f2932885459b74d1e4272%40%3Cissues.activemq.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/58170aeb7a681d462b7fa31cae81110cbb749d2dc83c5736a0bb8370%40%3Cdev.zookeeper.apache.org%3E