SB2023062859 - Denial of service in HtmlUnit
Published: June 28, 2023
Security Bulletin ID
SB2023062859
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Stack-based buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-2798)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when processing HTML content. A remote attacker can trick the victim to visit a malicious webpage, trigger a stack overflow and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.