#VU51586 Resource exhaustion in kopano-core


Published: 2021-03-21

Vulnerability identifier: #VU51586

Vulnerability risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 6.9 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:U/RC:C]

CVE-ID: N/A

CWE-ID: CWE-400

Exploitation vector: Network

Exploit availability: No

Vulnerable software:
kopano-core
Server applications / Conferencing, Collaboration and VoIP solutions

Vendor: Kopano

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 processing HTTP headers in kopano-ical. A remote attacker can send overly long HTTP headers to the server, consume all available memory on the system resource and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.

Vulnerable software versions

kopano-core: 8.3.0 - 11.0.1


External links
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2021/q1/244


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.


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