Globalscape EFT prior 8.1.0.16 Compressed Message recursion

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Globalscape EFT and classified as problematic. Impacted is an unknown function of the component Compressed Message Handler. The manipulation leads to recursion. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2023-2990. There is no available exploit. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Globalscape EFT. This issue affects an unknown part of the component Compressed Message Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a recursion vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-674. The product does not properly control the amount of recursion that takes place, consuming excessive resources, such as allocated memory or the program stack. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:

Fortra Globalscape EFT versions before 8.1.0.16 suffer from a denial of service vulnerability, where a compressed message that decompresses to itself can cause infinite recursion and crash the service

The weakness was presented 06/23/2023. The advisory is shared at kb.globalscape.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2023-2990 since 05/30/2023. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

Upgrading to version 8.1.0.16 eliminates this vulnerability.

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

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Recursion
CWE: CWE-674 / 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: EFT 8.1.0.16

Timelineinfo

05/30/2023 🔍
06/23/2023 +24 days 🔍
06/23/2023 +0 days 🔍
07/17/2023 +24 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: kb.globalscape.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2023-2990 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-2990
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-232193

Entryinfo

Created: 06/23/2023 08:12
Updated: 07/17/2023 12:10
Changes: 06/23/2023 08:12 (38), 07/17/2023 12:10 (11)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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