Vulnerability Description
Rejected reason: gmetad in Ganglia 3.1.1, when supporting multiple requests per connection on an interactive port, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a request to the gmetad service with a path that does not exist, which causes Ganglia to (1) perform excessive CPU computation and (2) send the entire tree, which consumes network bandwidth. NOTE: the vendor and original researcher have disputed this issue, since legitimate requests can generate the same amount of resource consumption. CVE concurs with the dispute, so this identifier should not be used
FAQ
What is CVE-2009-0242?
CVE-2009-0242 is a documented vulnerability. Rejected reason: gmetad in Ganglia 3.1.1, when supporting multiple requests per connection on an interactive port, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a request to the gmetad serv...
How severe is CVE-2009-0242?
CVSS scoring is not yet available for CVE-2009-0242. Check NVD for updates.
Is there a patch for CVE-2009-0242?
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