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CVE-2023-6180

Date: December 5, 2023

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.

Language: RUST

Severity Score

Severity Score

Weakness Type (CWE)

Improper Resource Shutdown or Release

CWE-404

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption ('Resource Exhaustion')

CWE-400

Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime

CWE-401

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC): LOW
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): LOW

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