CVE-2021-43174CWE-1325

gzip transfer encoding caused out-of-memory crash

published November 9, 2021

CVSS
—
EPSS
1%
Percentile
66.1
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

NLnet Labs Routinator versions 0.9.0 up to and including 0.10.1, support the gzip transfer encoding when querying RRDP repositories. This encoding can be used by an RRDP repository to cause an out-of-memory crash in these versions of Routinator. RRDP uses XML which allows arbitrary amounts of white space in the encoded data. The gzip scheme compresses such white space extremely well, leading to very small compressed files that become huge when being decompressed for further processing, big enough that Routinator runs out of memory when parsing input data waiting for the next XML element.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.01127 · 66.1th percentile
Weakness
CWE-1325 · Improperly Controlled Sequential Memory Allocation
Published
2021-11-09T16:41Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 09 NOV 16:41Z
    gzip transfer encoding caused out-of-memory crash
    cvelistv5