Asymmetric denial of service In github.com/hashicorp/consul/config

Description

Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in Hashicorp Consul HashiCorp Consul and Consul Enterprise include an HTTP API (introduced in 1.2.0) and DNS (introduced in 1.4.3) caching feature that was vulnerable to denial of service.

Specific Go Packages Affected

github.com/hashicorp/consul/agent/config

Fix

The vulnerability is fixed in versions 1.6.6 and 1.7.4.

Mitigation

Update Impact

Minimal update. May introduce new vulnerabilities or breaking changes.

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