XML Entity Expansion in untangle - CVE-2022-33977
Published: July 25, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU65736
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-33977
CWE-ID: CWE-776
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial o service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to improper restrictions on XML entities in DTDs. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted request and cause a denial of service condition on the target system.
Affected software
untangle
How to mitigate CVE-2022-33977
Install updates from vendor's website.
untangle - update to 1.2.1