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Improper input validation in Apache Olingo

High severity GitHub Reviewed Published Feb 4, 2020 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Jan 9, 2023

Package

maven org.apache.olingo:odata-client-core (Maven)

Affected versions

>= 4.0.0, <= 4.6.0

Patched versions

4.7.0

Description

The AsyncResponseWrapperImpl class in Apache Olingo versions 4.0.0 to 4.6.0 reads the Retry-After header and passes it to the Thread.sleep() method without any check. If a malicious server returns a huge value in the header, then it can help to implement a DoS attack.

References

Reviewed Feb 4, 2020
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Feb 4, 2020
Last updated Jan 9, 2023

Severity

High
7.5
/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2019-17555

GHSA ID

GHSA-477x-w7m6-c6ph

Source code

No known source code
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