Mastodon up to 4.1.16/4.2.8 HTTP Request Header allocation of resources

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Mastodon up to 4.1.16/4.2.8. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component HTTP Request Header Handler. The manipulation results in allocation of resources. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2023-49952. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

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A vulnerability was found in Mastodon up to 4.1.16/4.2.8. It has been classified as problematic. Affected is an unknown function of the component HTTP Request Header Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a allocation of resources vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-770. The product allocates a reusable resource or group of resources on behalf of an actor without imposing any restrictions on the size or number of resources that can be allocated, in violation of the intended security policy for that actor. This is going to have an impact on availability. CVE summarizes:

Mastodon 4.1.x before 4.1.17 and 4.2.x before 4.2.9 allows a bypass of rate limiting via a crafted HTTP request header.

The advisory is available at github.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2023-49952 since 12/03/2023. The exploitability is told to be difficult. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1499 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

Upgrading to version 4.1.17 or 4.2.9 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Name

• Mastodon

Version

• 4.1.0
• 4.1.1
• 4.1.2
• 4.1.3
• 4.1.4
• 4.1.5
• 4.1.6
• 4.1.7
• 4.1.8
• 4.1.9
• 4.1.10
• 4.1.11
• 4.1.12
• 4.1.13
• 4.1.14
• 4.1.15
• 4.1.16
• 4.2.0
• 4.2.1
• 4.2.2
• 4.2.3
• 4.2.4
• 4.2.5
• 4.2.6
• 4.2.7
• 4.2.8

Website

• Product: https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/

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