CVE-2025-46807
Description
A flaw was found in sslh. This vulnerability allows an application-level denial of service by exhausting file descriptors via unrestricted connection attempts without limits or throttling.
Statement
The severity of this vulnerability is rated Moderate, as it does not impact system availability. The effects are confined to the application layer, without compromising the underlying system stability.
Mitigation
Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base or stability.
Understanding the Weakness (CWE)
Availability
Technical Impact: DoS: Resource Consumption (CPU); DoS: Resource Consumption (Memory); DoS: Resource Consumption (Other)
When allocating resources without limits, an attacker could prevent other systems, applications, or processes from accessing the same type of resource. It can be easy for an attacker to consume many resources by rapidly making many requests or causing larger resources to be used than is needed.
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