Denial of service in Grails JVM

1) Input validation error

EUVDB-ID: #VU84656

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 6.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-46131

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 insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted input to JVM and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Grails: 3.0.0 - 6.0.0

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:a:grails.org:grails:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:grails.org:grails:3.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:grails.org:grails:3.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:grails.org:grails:3.0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

External links

https://github.com/grails/grails-core/security/advisories/GHSA-3pjv-r7w4-2cf5
https://github.com/grails/grails-core/issues/13302
https://github.com/grails/grails-core/commit/74326bdd2cf7dcb594092165e9464520f8366c60
https://github.com/grails/grails-core/commit/c401faaa6c24c021c758b95f72304a0e855a8db3
https://grails.org/blog/2023-12-20-cve-data-binding-dos.html

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.