Multiple vulnerabilities in freewvs



Published: 2020-07-24
Risk Medium
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 2
CVE-ID CVE-2020-15100
CVE-2020-15101
CWE-ID CWE-400
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
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Vendor schokokeks.org

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.

1) Resource exhaustion

EUVDB-ID: #VU31819

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 5.7 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2020-15100

CWE-ID: CWE-400 - Resource exhaustion

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources. A remote authenticated attacker can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

freewvs: 0.1.0

External links

http://github.com/schokokeksorg/freewvs/commit/18bbf2043e53f69e0119d24f8ae4edb274afb9b2
http://github.com/schokokeksorg/freewvs/security/advisories/GHSA-9cfv-9463-8gqv


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote authenticated user via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

2) Resource exhaustion

EUVDB-ID: #VU31822

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 5.7 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2020-15101

CWE-ID: CWE-400 - Resource exhaustion

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources because of Python's recursion limit and "os.walk()". A remote authenticated attacker can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

freewvs: 0.1.0

External links

http://github.com/schokokeksorg/freewvs/commit/83a6b55c0435c69f447488b791555e6078803143
http://github.com/schokokeksorg/freewvs/security/advisories/GHSA-7pmh-vrww-25xx


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote authenticated user via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.



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