Description
A vulnerability was found in the ilab model serve component, where improper handling of the best_of parameter in the vllm JSON web API can lead to a Denial of Service (DoS). The API used for LLM-based sentence or chat completion accepts a best_of parameter to return the best completion from several options. When this parameter is set to a large value, the API does not handle timeouts or resource exhaustion properly, allowing an attacker to cause a DoS by consuming excessive system resources. This leads to the API becoming unresponsive, preventing legitimate users from accessing the service.
INFO
Published Date :
2024-09-17T16:21:15.222Z
Last Modified :
2025-11-20T20:57:47.098Z
Source :
redhat
AFFECTED PRODUCTS
The following products are affected by CVE-2024-8939 vulnerability.
| Vendors | Products |
|---|---|
| Redhat |
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