Stack-based buffer overflow in HtmlUnit - CVE-2023-2798

 

Stack-based buffer overflow in HtmlUnit - CVE-2023-2798

Published: June 28, 2023


Vulnerability identifier: #VU77776
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:H/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-2798
CWE-ID: CWE-121
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 a boundary error when processing HTML content. A remote attacker can trick the victim to visit a malicious webpage, trigger a stack overflow and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Affected software

HtmlUnit
IBM Cloud Pak for Multicloud Management
Migration Toolkit for Runtimes
Red Hat Migration Toolkit for Applications
IBM Security Verify Governance

How to mitigate CVE-2023-2798

Install updates from vendor's website.

HtmlUnit - update to 2.70.0
Migration Toolkit for Runtimes - update to 1.1.1
Red Hat Migration Toolkit for Applications - update to 6.2.0
IBM Security Verify Governance - update to 10.0.2.0.2

External References

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