SB20201110110 - Resource exhaustion in PocketMine-MP
Published: November 10, 2020 Updated: April 8, 2026
Security Bulletin ID
SB20201110110
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: N/A)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service.
The vulnerability exists due to uncontrolled resource consumption in InventoryTransaction->findResultItem() when processing specially crafted InventoryTransactionPackets. A remote attacker can send specially crafted InventoryTransactionPackets to cause a denial of service.
The issue is triggered when multiple pathways to a result exist, causing exponential complexity during flattening of conflicting InventoryActions within the same InventoryTransaction.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.