CVE-2021-42697
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-42697
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2021-42697.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2021-42697
- Aliases
- Published
- 2021-11-02T22:15:08Z
- Modified
- 2025-02-19T03:21:37.535318Z
- Severity
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- 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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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.
- References
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- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/167018/Akka-HTTP-10.1.14-Denial-Of-Service.html
- https://akka.io/blog/
- 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
- https://doc.akka.io/docs/akka-http/current/security/2021-CVE-2021-42697-stack-overflow-parsing-user-agent.html