[FLUME-2404] Default maxReadBufferBytes might cause OOM and cause scribe source exit

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.5.0
• Fix Version/s: 1.6.0
• Component/s: Sinks+Sources
• Assignee: chenshangan
• Reporter: chenshangan
• Created: 16/Jun/14 09:11
• Updated: 31/Aug/16 13:43
• Resolved: 04/Jul/14 23:10

Description

We're using scribe source, some hacker like infosec guys send some malicious frames to flume with the frame size field set to a very big integer, then the thrift server inside scribe source will exit due to OOM. Then scribe source will keep wait_close state and can not accept any connection.

Issue Links

• is duplicated by: FLUME-2405 Flume stops working on arbitrary Frame Size more than 16 MB on ScribeSource
• relates to: FLUME-2984 Default maxReadBufferBytes might cause OOM and cause thrift source exit