Rocket.Chat up to 6.12.0 Message Parser denial of service

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Rocket.Chat up to 6.12.0. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Message Parser. The manipulation leads to denial of service. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2024-46935. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Rocket.Chat up to 6.12.0 and classified as problematic. This issue affects an unknown function of the component Message Parser. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:

Rocket.Chat 6.12.0, 6.11.2, 6.10.5, 6.9.6, 6.8.6, 6.7.8, and earlier is vulnerable to denial of service (DoS). Attackers who craft messages with specific characters may crash the workspace due to an issue in the message parser.

It is possible to read the advisory at github.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2024-46935 since 09/15/2024. The exploitation is known to be easy. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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Productinfo

Type

• Chat Software

Name

• Rocket.Chat

Version

• 6.0
• 6.1
• 6.2
• 6.3
• 6.4
• 6.5
• 6.6
• 6.7
• 6.7.0
• 6.7.1
• 6.7.2
• 6.7.3
• 6.7.4
• 6.7.5
• 6.7.6
• 6.7.7
• 6.7.8
• 6.8
• 6.8.0
• 6.8.1
• 6.8.2
• 6.8.3
• 6.8.4
• 6.8.5
• 6.8.6
• 6.9
• 6.9.0
• 6.9.1
• 6.9.2
• 6.9.3
• 6.9.4
• 6.9.5
• 6.9.6
• 6.10
• 6.10.0
• 6.10.1
• 6.10.2
• 6.10.3
• 6.10.4
• 6.10.5
• 6.11
• 6.11.0
• 6.11.1
• 6.11.2
• 6.12.0

License

• free

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