Resource exhaustion in Apache Superset - CVE-2023-42504

 

Resource exhaustion in Apache Superset - CVE-2023-42504

Published: January 31, 2024


Vulnerability identifier: #VU85977
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 7.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-42504
CWE-ID: CWE-400
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources. A remote user can initiate multiple concurrent requests, each requesting multiple dashboard exports and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Affected software

Apache Superset

How to mitigate CVE-2023-42504

Install updates from vendor's website.

Apache Superset - update to 2.1.3

External References

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