Denial of service in Traefik



Published: 2023-04-10 | Updated: 2023-04-11
Risk Medium
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2023-29013
CWE-ID CWE-20
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
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Traefik
Server applications / Other server solutions

Vendor Containous

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.

1) Input validation error

EUVDB-ID: #VU74624

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-2023-29013

CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation

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 when parsing HTTP and MIME headers. A remote attacker can cause an HTTP server to allocate large amounts of memory from a small request and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Traefik: 2.0.0 - 2.9.9

External links

http://github.com/containous/traefik/releases/tag/v2.9.10
http://github.com/traefik/traefik/security/advisories/GHSA-7hj9-rv74-5g92


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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