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Atlassian Confluence 2.6.0 < 7.19.22 / 7.20.x < 8.5.9 / 8.6.x < 8.9.1 DoS (CONFSERVER-95835)

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10.4%

The version of Atlassian Confluence Server running on the remote host is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the CONFSERVER-95835 advisory.

  • Denial of Service via incomplete cleanup vulnerability in Apache Tomcat. It was possible for WebSocket clients to keep WebSocket connections open leading to increased resource consumption.This issue affects Apache Tomcat: from 11.0.0-M1 through 11.0.0-M16, from 10.1.0-M1 through 10.1.18, from 9.0.0-M1 through 9.0.85, from 8.5.0 through 8.5.98. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 11.0.0-M17, 10.1.19, 9.0.86 or 8.5.99 which fix the issue. (CVE-2024-23672)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application’s self-reported version number.

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  - Denial of Service via incomplete cleanup vulnerability in Apache Tomcat. It was possible for WebSocket
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    Apache Tomcat: from 11.0.0-M1 through 11.0.0-M16, from 10.1.0-M1 through 10.1.18, from 9.0.0-M1 through
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Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version
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  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
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