Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in Kirby - CVE-2023-38492
Published: July 27, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU78719
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-2023-38492
CWE-ID: CWE-770
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 unlimited password lengths. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted input to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Affected software
Kirby
How to mitigate CVE-2023-38492
Install updates from vendor's website.
Kirby - addressed in versions 3.5.8.3, 3.6.6.3, 3.7.5.2, 3.8.4.1, 3.9.6