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Description

The server is rendered unresponsive by successively repeating a request which consumes a lot of resources or takes too long to be processed.

Impact

Deny temporary or permanently the access to one or several application services.

Recommendation

Define a time-out when a query or a search is taking a lot of time processing the information

Threat

Anonymous attacker from the Internet.

Expected Remediation Time

⏱️ 60 minutes.