Race condition in the LoadBalancer module in the Atlassian Floodlight Controller before 1.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and thread crash) via a state manipulation attack.
The product contains a concurrent code sequence that requires temporary, exclusive access to a shared resource, but a timing window exists in which the shared resource can be modified by another code sequence operating concurrently.
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https://floodlight.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/floodlightcontroller/pages/24805419/Floodlight+v1.2 | release notes vendor advisory |
https://github.com/floodlight/floodlight/pull/563 | issue tracking third party advisory |
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103132 | vdb entry third party advisory |