[seam-issues] [JBoss JIRA] (SOLDER-340) Memory Leak during DOS Attack using OWASP DirBuster

Tue Feb 26 10:57:16 EST 2013

    [ https://issues.jboss.org/browse/SOLDER-340?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel&focusedCommentId=12756854#comment-12756854 ] 

Ken Finnigan commented on SOLDER-340:
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If the leaked memory is caused by @ViewScoped beans, then I think your problem is due to: https://issues.jboss.org/browse/JBPAPP-10634
                
> Memory Leak during DOS Attack using OWASP DirBuster
> ---------------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: SOLDER-340
>                 URL: https://issues.jboss.org/browse/SOLDER-340
>             Project: Solder
>          Issue Type: Bug
>          Components: Servlet
>    Affects Versions: 3.2.0.Final
>         Environment: ALL
>            Reporter: Melloware Inc
>            Priority: Critical
>         Attachments: memoryleak.zip
>
>
> During performance testing of our application using OWASP DirBuster to simulate a DOS attack scanning for directories it appears our EAP 6.0.1 leaked memory until the JVM Locked up.   Even after manually attempting a GC the memory stays frozen and does not free up.  

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