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    CVE-2021-21328

    Vapor is a web framework for Swift. In Vapor before version 4.40.1, there is a DoS attack against anyone who Bootstraps a metrics backend for their Vapor app. The following is the attack vector: 1. send unlimited requests against a vapor instance with different paths. this will create unlimited counters and timers, which will eventually drain the system. 2. downstream services might suffer from this attack as well by being spammed with error paths. This has been patched in 4.40.1. The `DefaultResponder` will rewrite any undefined route paths for to `vapor_route_undefined` to avoid unlimited counters.

    Published:Feb 26, 2021
    Last Modified:Nov 21, 2024
    EPS:Feb 26, 2021
    EPSS Score:0.00442
    CVSS Score:5.3

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Vapor Project
    Product
    Vapor

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