Confluence Data Center and Server update for xstream



Risk Medium
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2024-47072
CWE-ID CWE-119
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
 Atlassian Confluence Server
Server applications / Web servers

Confluence Data Center
Server applications / Other server solutions

Vendor Atlassian

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.

1) Buffer overflow

EUVDB-ID: #VU100095

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-2024-47072

CWE-ID: CWE-119 - Memory corruption

Exploit availability: No

Description

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

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when processing unstrusted input. A remote attacker can pass a specially crafted stream to the application, trigger a stack overflow and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability requires that XStream is configured to use the BinaryStreamDriver.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Atlassian Confluence Server: 2.2 - 9.3.1

Confluence Data Center: 2.2 - 9.3.1

CPE2.3 External links

https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-99568


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?

The attacker would have to send a specially crafted request to the affected application in order to exploit this vulnerability.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.



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