CVE-2017-5637
HIGH7.5EPSS 17.4%zookeeper - security update
Published: 5/13/2022Modified: 4/28/2026
Description
Two four letter word commands "wchp/wchc" are CPU intensive and could cause spike of CPU utilization on Apache ZooKeeper server if abused, which leads to the server unable to serve legitimate client requests. Apache ZooKeeper thru version 3.4.9 and 3.5.2 suffer from this issue, fixed in 3.4.10, 3.5.3, and later.
Affected packages (4)
- Debian/zookeeperfrom 0, < 3.4.9-3
- Debian/zookeeperfrom 0, < 3.4.5+dfsg-2+deb7u1
- Debian/zookeeperfrom 0, < 3.4.5+dfsg-2+deb8u2
- Maven/org.apache.zookeeper:zookeeper>= 3.4.0, < 3.4.10
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
References (14)
- ADVISORYhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5637
- ADVISORYhttps://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-5637
- WEBhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2477
- WEBhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3354
- WEBhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3355
- WEBhttps://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ZOOKEEPER-2693
- WEBhttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/053d9ce4d579b02203db18545fee5e33f35f2932885459b74d1e4272@%3Cissues.activemq.apache.org%3E
- WEBhttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/58170aeb7a681d462b7fa31cae81110cbb749d2dc83c5736a0bb8370@%3Cdev.zookeeper.apache.org%3E
- WEBhttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/bcce5a9c532b386c68dab2f6b3ce8b0cc9b950ec551766e76391caa3@%3Ccommits.nifi.apache.org%3E
- WEBhttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rca37935d661f4689cb4119f1b3b224413b22be161b678e6e6ce0c69b@%3Ccommits.nifi.apache.org%3E
- WEBhttps://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html
- WEBhttps://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.html
- WEBhttp://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3871
- WEBhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98814