#VU98704 Resource exhaustion in erlang-jose - CVE-2023-50966
Published: October 16, 2024
Vulnerability identifier: #VU98704
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-50966
CWE-ID: CWE-400
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
erlang-jose
erlang-jose
Software vendor:
Andrew Bennett
Andrew Bennett
Description
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 when handling large p2c (aka PBES2 Count) value in a JOSE header. A remote attacker can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install updates from vendor's website.