Discourse up to 3.0.2/3.1.0.beta3 resource consumption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Discourse up to 3.0.2/3.1.0.beta3 and classified as problematic. Affected is an unknown function. The manipulation leads to resource consumption. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2023-28440. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Discourse up to 3.0.2/3.1.0.beta3. This issue affects an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource consumption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:

Discourse is an open source platform for community discussion. In affected versions a maliciously crafted request from a Discourse administrator can lead to a long-running request and eventual timeout. This has the greatest potential impact in shared hosting environments where admins are untrusted. This issue has been addressed in versions 3.0.3 and 3.1.0.beta4. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

The weakness was published 04/19/2023 as GHSA-vm65-pv5h-6g3w. It is possible to read the advisory at github.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2023-28440 since 03/15/2023. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1499 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading to version 3.0.3 or 3.1.0.beta4 eliminates this vulnerability.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 2.7
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 2.7

VulDB Base Score: 2.7
VulDB Temp Score: 2.6
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CNA Base Score: 2.7
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Resource consumption
CWE: CWE-400 / CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Discourse 3.0.3/3.1.0.beta4

Timelineinfo

03/15/2023 🔍
04/19/2023 +34 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Product: github.com

Advisory: GHSA-vm65-pv5h-6g3w
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2023-28440 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-28440
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-226775

Entryinfo

Created: 04/19/2023 06:57
Changes: 04/19/2023 06:57 (49)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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