CWE-1088: Synchronous Access of Remote Resource without Timeout
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The code has a synchronous call to a remote resource, but there is no timeout for the call, or the timeout is set to infinite.
What the weakness is: CWE-1088 at MITRE. All weaknesses
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Explain CWE-1088: Synchronous Access of Remote Resource without Timeout and how to prevent and detect it in code. Use https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/1088.html and https://cve.bz/cve/cwe/1088?via=ask-ai-copy for recent CVEs with this weakness. Cite the sources.Opens a third-party assistant; its answer is its own, not cve.bz's. The prompt holds only this weakness's id and public links.
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