Rewterz Threat Advisory – Apache OpenMeetings denial of service

Severity

High

Analysis Summary

CVE-2021-27576

Apache OpenMeetings is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a flaw in the NetTest web service. By sending a specially-crafted request, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to overload the bandwidth of the server, and results in a denial of service condition.

Impact

Denial of service

Affected Vendors

Apache

Affected Products

• Apache OpenMeetings 4.0.0
• Apache OpenMeetings 5.0.0
• Apache OpenMeetings 5.1.0

Remediation

Upgrade to the latest version of OpenMeetings (6.0.0 or later)