Denial of service in Apache Tapestry



Published: 2022-07-14
Risk Medium
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2022-31781
CWE-ID CWE-185
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
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Apache Tapestry
Web applications / Modules and components for CMS

Vendor Apache Foundation

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.

1) Incorrect Regular Expression

EUVDB-ID: #VU65330

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: CVE-2022-31781

CWE-ID: CWE-185 - Incorrect Regular Expression

Exploit availability: No

Description

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

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient input validation when processing regular expressions. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application and perform regular expression denial of service (ReDos) attack.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Apache Tapestry: 3.0 - 5.8.1

External links

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/07/12/3


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.



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