Weakness (CWE)
CWE-1088: Synchronous Access of Remote Resource without Timeout
The code has a synchronous call to a remote resource, but there is no timeout for the call, or the timeout is set to infinite.
Source: MITRE CWE-1088
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High 7.5
Synchronous Access of Remote Resource without Timeout in hMailServer
Missing network timeouts in the Linux builds of Progressive Robot hMailServer 6.3.0 through 6.3.5 allow a remote attacker to hold server threads indefinitely and so stop outbound mail delivery (denial of service). The server set its socket timeouts in the for…
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High 7.5
Net-SNMP through 5.9.5.2 Denial of Service via Blocking Unauthenticated SMUX Read
Net-SNMP through 5.9.5.2 contains a denial of service vulnerability in the SMUX module where smux_accept() performs an unauthenticated blocking read without timeout on newly accepted connections. An unauthenticated remote client can connect to the SMUX listen…
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High 7.5
MongoDB Connector for BI Unbounded Authentication Negotiation Leading to Connection Exhaustion
A network-reachable client that has not yet authenticated can hold a MongoDB Connector for BI authentication session open indefinitely by beginning a SASL-based login exchange and then declining to complete it. Because the negotiation loop had no overall time…
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High 7.5
Denial of Service in h2oai/h2o-3
A vulnerability in the typeahead endpoint of h2oai/h2o-3 version 3.46.0 allows for a denial of service. The endpoint performs a `HEAD` request to verify the existence of a specified resource without setting a timeout. An attacker can exploit this by sending m…
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High 7.5
Denial of Service in aimhubio/aim
In version 3.23.0 of aimhubio/aim, certain methods that request data from external servers do not have set timeouts, causing the server to wait indefinitely for a response. This can lead to a denial of service, as the tracking server does not respond to other…
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High 7.5
Denial of service in django
The verify_exists functionality in the URLField implementation in Django before 1.2.7 and 1.3.x before 1.3.1 relies on Python libraries that attempt access to an arbitrary URL with no timeout, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resour…