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[jira] [Updated] (SHINDIG-1834) DOS vulnerability with closure compiler in feature js endpoint

     [ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SHINDIG-1834?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:all-tabpanel ]

Dan Dumont updated SHINDIG-1834:
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    Component/s: Javascript 
                 Java
    
> DOS vulnerability with closure compiler in feature js endpoint
> --------------------------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: SHINDIG-1834
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SHINDIG-1834
>             Project: Shindig
>          Issue Type: Bug
>          Components: Java, Javascript 
>    Affects Versions: 2.5.0-beta1, 2.5.0-beta2
>            Reporter: Dan Dumont
>            Assignee: Dan Dumont
>            Priority: Critical
>             Fix For: 2.5.0-beta3
>
>
> Varying features and options on the request made to this endpoint will cause closure to run each time a cached version is not found.  This can effectively DOS the server, as closure is pretty expensive and the permutations of feature combinations are practically endless.

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