SB2023122804 - Denial of service in MeterSphere



SB2023122804 - Denial of service in MeterSphere

Published: December 28, 2023

Security Bulletin ID SB2023122804
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

Medium 100%
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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Resource management error (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-32699)

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

The vulnerability exists due to improper management of internal resources within the application when handling overly long passwords within the CodingUtil.md5() and checkUserPassword() methods. A remote attacker can pass an overly long password to the application and consume excessive CPU resources, resulting in a denial of service condition.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.