cbioportal up to 3.6.21 Regular Expression ProteinArraySignificanceTest.json denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in cbioportal up to 3.6.21. It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the file /ProteinArraySignificanceTest.json of the component Regular Expression Handler. Executing a manipulation can lead to denial of service. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2021-38244. There is no available exploit. Applying a patch is advised to resolve this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in cbioportal up to 3.6.21. This vulnerability affects some unknown processing of the file /ProteinArraySignificanceTest.json of the component Regular Expression Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. As an impact it is known to affect availability.

The weakness was presented 12/17/2021 as 8680. The advisory is shared for download at github.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2021-38244 since 08/09/2021. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available.

By approaching the search of inurl:ProteinArraySignificanceTest.json it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at github.com.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.4

VulDB Base Score: 3.5
VulDB Temp Score: 3.4
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined
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Patch: github.com

Timelineinfo

08/09/2021 🔍
12/17/2021 +130 days 🔍
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12/22/2021 +5 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Product: github.com

Advisory: 8680
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2021-38244 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2021-38244
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-188488

Entryinfo

Created: 12/17/2021 07:55
Updated: 12/22/2021 18:10
Changes: 12/17/2021 07:55 (40), 12/22/2021 18:03 (1), 12/22/2021 18:10 (18)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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