mintplex-labs anything-llm up to 0.x Just Me Mode resource consumption

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in mintplex-labs anything-llm up to 0.x. Affected is an unknown function of the component Just Me Mode. Executing a manipulation can lead to resource consumption. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2024-3569. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. You should upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability has been found in mintplex-labs anything-llm up to 0.x and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects some unknown functionality of the component Just Me Mode. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource consumption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect availability. CVE summarizes:

A Denial of Service (DoS) vulnerability exists in the mintplex-labs/anything-llm repository when the application is running in 'just me' mode with a password. An attacker can exploit this vulnerability by making a request to the endpoint using the [validatedRequest] middleware with a specially crafted 'Authorization:' header. This vulnerability leads to uncontrolled resource consumption, causing a DoS condition.

The advisory is shared for download at huntr.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2024-3569 since 04/10/2024. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1499.

Upgrading to version 1.0.0 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch efe9dfa5e3550d12abd34d06ab7f8fbcf2206cfa is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at github.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

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• Artificial Intelligence Software

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• mintplex-labs

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• anything-llm

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• 0.x

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• open-source

Website

• Product: https://github.com/mintplex-labs/anything-llm/

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