CVE-2022-42950 (GCVE-0-2022-42950)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-02-06 00:00 – Updated: 2025-03-26 14:31
VLAI?
Summary
An issue was discovered in Couchbase Server 7.x before 7.0.5 and 7.1.x before 7.1.2. A crafted HTTP REST request from an administrator account to the Couchbase Server Backup Service can exhaust memory resources, causing the process to be killed, which can be used for denial of service.
Severity ?
4.9 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
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