CWE-410: Insufficient Resource Pool

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The product's resource pool is not large enough to handle peak demand, which allows an attacker to prevent others from accessing the resource by using a (relatively) large number of requests for resources.

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Extended Description

Frequently the consequence is a "flood" of connection or sessions.

Technical Details

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Simple

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