CWE-405

Asymmetric Resource Consumption (Amplification)

Medium

Description

The product does not properly control situations in which an adversary can cause the product to consume or produce excessive resources without requiring the adversary to invest equivalent work or otherwise prove authorization, i.e., the adversary's influence is "asymmetric."

Potential Impact

How to Fix

Architecture and Design

An application must make resources available to a client commensurate with the client's access level.

Architecture and Design

An application must, at all times, keep track of allocated resources and meter their usage appropriately.

System Configuration

Consider disabling resource-intensive algorithms on the server side, such as Diffie-Hellman key exchange.

Related Weaknesses

References

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