SB2020061964 - Resource exhaustion in Mattermost, Mattermost Server
Published: June 19, 2020 Updated: August 8, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2020061964
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-20858)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
An issue was discovered in Mattermost Server before 5.15.0. It allows attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via crafted characters in a SQL LIKE clause to an APIv4 endpoint.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.