Resource exhaustion in BinData - CVE-2021-32823
Published: June 30, 2021
Vulnerability identifier: #VU54475
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-32823
CWE-ID: CWE-400
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
BinData
BinData
Software vendor:
Dion Mendel
Dion Mendel
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources. A remote attacker can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install updates from vendor's website.
External links
- https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2021/06/01/security-release-gitlab-13-12-2-released/#update-bindata-dependency
- https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/issues/476
- https://github.com/dmendel/bindata/commit/d99f050b88337559be2cb35906c1f8da49531323
- https://github.com/dmendel/bindata/blob/v2.4.10/ChangeLog.rdoc#version-2410-2021-05-18-
- https://rubygems.org/gems/bindata