jQuery 3.0.0-rc.1 Attribute Name resource consumption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in jQuery 3.0.0-rc.1. It has been declared as problematic. Affected is an unknown function of the component Attribute Name Handler. The manipulation results in resource consumption. This vulnerability was named CVE-2016-10707. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in jQuery 3.0.0-rc.1 (JavaScript Library). Affected is some unknown processing of the component Attribute Name Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource consumption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-400. The product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource, thereby enabling an actor to influence the amount of resources consumed, eventually leading to the exhaustion of available resources. This is going to have an impact on availability. CVE summarizes:

jQuery before 3.0.0 is vulnerable to Denial of Service (DoS) due to removing a logic that lowercased attribute names. Any attribute getter using a mixed-cased name for boolean attributes goes into an infinite recursion, exceeding the stack call limit.

The bug was discovered 05/30/2016. The weakness was presented 01/18/2018 (GitHub Repository). The advisory is shared for download at github.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2016-10707 since 01/18/2018. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1499.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 598 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

Upgrading to version 3.0.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

See VDB-112187 and VDB-112185 for similar entries. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Resource consumption
CWE: CWE-400 / CWE-404
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Remote: Yes

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: jQuery 3.0.0
Patch: github.com

Timelineinfo

05/30/2016 🔍
01/18/2018 +598 days 🔍
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01/19/2018 +1 days 🔍
02/02/2023 +1840 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Product: github.com

Advisory: 3133
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2016-10707 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-10707
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-112188
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Entryinfo

Created: 01/19/2018 07:51
Updated: 02/02/2023 08:45
Changes: 01/19/2018 07:51 (59), 01/11/2020 08:40 (1), 02/02/2023 08:45 (5)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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