CVE-2023-6180

Resource exhaustion via memory leak in tokio-boring

Published Dec 5, 2023 CVSS 3.1 · 5.3 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
The tokio-boring library in version 4.0.0 is affected by a memory leak issue that can lead to excessive resource consumption and potential DoS by resource exhaustion. The set_ex_data function used by the library did not deallocate memory used by pre-existing data in memory each time after completing a TLS connection causing the program to consume more resources with each new connection.

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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2023-3262 The tokio-boring library in version 4.0.0 is affected by a memory leak issue that can lead to excessive resource consumption and potential DoS by resource exhaustion. The set_ex_data function used by the library did not deallocate memory used by pre-existing data in memory each time after completing a TLS connection causing the program to consume more resources with each new connection.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-pjrj-h4fg-6gm4 tokio-boring vulnerable to resource exhaustion via memory leak
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
cloudflare
Published
Updated
Aug 2, 2024, 8:21 AM
Reserved
Nov 16, 2023, 7:15 PM
Status
Modified
Published
Dec 5, 2023, 3:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 6:50 AM