Resource exhaustion in JSZip - CVE-2021-23413

 

Resource exhaustion in JSZip - CVE-2021-23413

Published: August 4, 2021 / Updated: August 10, 2021


Vulnerability identifier: #VU55579
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-23413
CWE-ID: CWE-400
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

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.


Affected software

JSZip
Log Analysis
IBM Edge Application Manager
Primavera Unifier
Business Automation Insights
Asset Repository in IBM Cloud Pak for Integration (CP4I)
Dell Storage Manager

How to mitigate CVE-2021-23413

Install updates from vendor's website.

JSZip - update to 3.7.0
Log Analysis - update to 1.3.8.3
Business Automation Insights - addressed in versions 24.0.0.0.6, 24.0.1.0.6, 25.0.0.0.3
Asset Repository in IBM Cloud Pak for Integration (CP4I) - addressed in versions 2020.4.1-3, 2021.2.1-1
Dell Storage Manager - update to 2020 R1.21

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