CyberRota Analysis
AI-GeneratedA vulnerability exists in the WS-Policy handling of Neethi, where a specially crafted document can lead to heap exhaustion by allowing unlimited content in a policy assertion, resulting in a denial of service. Organizations utilizing affected versions of Neethi should prioritize upgrading to version 3.2.4 to mitigate this high-severity risk. This issue is particularly critical for those relying on Neethi for policy management in web services.
Original NVD Description
A specially crafted WS-Policy document can pack unlimited content inside a policy assertion, which Neethi copies into memory without counting it against its size limits, exhausting the heap (denial of service). Users are recommended to upgrade to version 3.2.4, which fixes this issue.
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