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.
Remediation
References
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ZOOKEEPER-2693
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98814
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3871
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3355
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3354
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2477
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html
https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.html
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/58170aeb7a681d462b7fa31cae81110cbb749d2dc83c5736a0bb8370%40%3Cdev.zookeeper.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/053d9ce4d579b02203db18545fee5e33f35f2932885459b74d1e4272%40%3Cissues.activemq.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/bcce5a9c532b386c68dab2f6b3ce8b0cc9b950ec551766e76391caa3%40%3Ccommits.nifi.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rca37935d661f4689cb4119f1b3b224413b22be161b678e6e6ce0c69b%40%3Ccommits.nifi.apache.org%3E
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