Denial of service in iniparser



Risk Medium
Patch available NO
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2023-33461
CWE-ID CWE-476
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
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Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.

1) NULL pointer dereference

EUVDB-ID: #VU77773

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 6.9 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:U/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-33461

CWE-ID: CWE-476 - NULL Pointer Dereference

Exploit availability: No

Description

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

The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error within the iniparser_getlongint() function. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted file to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.

Vulnerable software versions

iniparser: 3.1 - 4.1

CPE2.3 External links

http://github.com/ndevilla/iniparser/issues/144
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BQAIP5AURSTWIQOOP7G4CXYJ5IIGPY3Q/
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ASV7SEDHGCP63GYAFEW3CTTVQDZM5RIK/


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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