Denial of service in Prost implementation for Rust
| Risk | Medium |
| Patch available | YES |
| Number of vulnerabilities | 1 |
| CVE-ID | N/A |
| CWE-ID | CWE-121 |
| Exploitation vector | Network |
| Public exploit | N/A |
| Vulnerable software Subscribe |
prost Web applications / Modules and components for CMS |
| Vendor | Dan Burkert |
Security Bulletin
This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.
1) Stack-based buffer overflow
EUVDB-ID: #VU24377
Risk: Medium
CVSSv3.1: 6.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: N/A
CWE-ID:
CWE-121 - Stack-based buffer overflow
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when parsing certain messages. A remote unauthenticated attacker can trigger stack-based buffer overflow and cause a denial of service condition on the target system.
MitigationInstall updates from vendor's website.
Vulnerable software versionsprost: 0.1.0 - 0.6.0
External linkshttp://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2020-0002.html
http://github.com/danburkert/prost/issues/267
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.
