CVE-2019-17555 describes a Denial-of-Service (DoS) vulnerability in Apache Olingo versions 4.0.0 to 4.6.0, where the AsyncResponseWrapperImpl class processes the Retry-After header without validation. A malicious server can exploit this by sending an excessively large value in the Retry-After header, causing the client-side Thread.sleep() method to hang indefinitely. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 7.5 (High) due to its network-based attack vector, low complexity, and potential for high availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 4.0.0, <= 4.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:apache:olingo:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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