#VU23340 Infinite loop in GoAhead - CVE-2019-5097

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#VU23340 Infinite loop in GoAhead - CVE-2019-5097

Published: December 3, 2019


Vulnerability identifier: #VU23340
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: 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-2019-5097
CWE-ID: CWE-835
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
GoAhead
Software vendor:
EmbedThis

Description

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

The vulnerability exists due to infinite loop in the processing of multi-part/form-data requests in the base GoAhead web server application. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP request, consume all available system resources and cause denial of service conditions.


Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.

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