SB2021030509 - Denial of service in Etherpad
Published: March 5, 2021
Security Bulletin ID
SB2021030509
Severity
Low
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) Input validation error (CVE-ID: N/A)
The vulnerability allows a remote user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input when processing pad names. A remote user can pass specially crafted input to the application and cause Etherpad to restart.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.