Synchronous Access of Remote Resource without Timeout

Opis

The code has a synchronous call to a remote resource, but there is no timeout for the call, or the timeout is set to infinite.

Skutki

• Other

  Reduce Reliability

  This issue can prevent the product from running reliably, since an outage for the remote resource can cause the product to hang. If the relevant code is reachable by an attacker, then this reliability problem might introduce a vulnerability.

Przykłady podatności

• CVE-2024-8062 API endpoint performs a HEAD request without a timeout, allowing attackers to cause the server to hang
• CVE-2024-8061 development product for AI can make requests to external servers without timeouts and does not respond to other requests while waiting, allowing DoS

Słabość nadrzędna

• CWE-821 Incorrect Synchronization

Kiedy powstaje

• Architecture and Design

Dotyczy

Not Language-Specific

Źródła

1. Automated Source Code Reliability Measure (ASCRM) — Object Management Group (OMG), ASCRM-RLB-19, 2016