#VU98715 Resource exhaustion in OkHttp - CVE-2023-3782

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#VU98715 Resource exhaustion in OkHttp - CVE-2023-3782

Published: October 16, 2024


Vulnerability identifier: #VU98715
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-3782
CWE-ID: CWE-400
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
OkHttp
Software vendor:
Square

Description

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

The vulnerability occurs when using a BrotliInterceptor and surfing to a malicious web server, or when an attacker can perform MitM to inject a Brotli zip-bomb into an HTTP response. A remote attacker can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.

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