Apache Wicket up to 7.18.x/8.16.x/9.18.x/10.2.x Request memory leak

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Apache Wicket up to 7.18.x/8.16.x/9.18.x/10.2.x. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Request Handler. The manipulation leads to memory leak. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2024-53299. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apache Wicket up to 7.18.x/8.16.x/9.18.x/10.2.x and classified as problematic. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Request Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory leak vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-401. The product does not sufficiently track and release allocated memory after it has been used, which slowly consumes remaining memory. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:

The request handling in the core in Apache Wicket 7.0.0 on any platform allows an attacker to create a DOS via multiple requests to server resources. Users are recommended to upgrade to versions 9.19.0 or 10.3.0, which fixes this issue.

The advisory is shared at lists.apache.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2024-53299 since 11/20/2024. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1499 for this issue.

Upgrading to version 9.19.0 or 10.3.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Productinfo

Vendor

• Apache

Name

• Wicket

Version

• 7.0
• 7.1
• 7.2
• 7.3
• 7.4
• 7.5
• 7.6
• 7.7
• 7.8
• 7.9
• 7.10
• 7.11
• 7.12
• 7.13
• 7.14
• 7.15
• 7.16
• 7.17
• 7.18
• 8.0
• 8.1
• 8.2
• 8.3
• 8.4
• 8.5
• 8.6
• 8.7
• 8.8
• 8.9
• 8.10
• 8.11
• 8.12
• 8.13
• 8.14
• 8.15
• 8.16
• 9.0
• 9.1
• 9.2
• 9.3
• 9.4
• 9.5
• 9.6
• 9.7
• 9.8
• 9.9
• 9.10
• 9.11
• 9.12
• 9.13
• 9.14
• 9.15
• 9.16
• 9.17
• 9.18
• 10.0
• 10.1
• 10.2

License

• open-source

Website

• Vendor: https://www.apache.org/

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