#VU58176 Infinite loop in jsoup - CVE-2021-37714
Published: November 16, 2021 / Updated: November 22, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU58176
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-2021-37714
CWE-ID: CWE-835
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
jsoup
jsoup
Software vendor:
Jonathan Hedley
Jonathan Hedley
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to infinite loop when processing untrusted HTML and XML code. A remote attacker can consume all available system resources and cause denial of service conditions.
Remediation
Install updates from vendor's website.
External links
- https://github.com/jhy/jsoup/security/advisories/GHSA-m72m-mhq2-9p6c
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r685c5235235ad0c26e86d0ee987fb802c9675de6081dbf0516464e0b@%3Cnotifications.james.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rc3354080fc67fb50b45b3c2d12dc4ca2a3c1c78dad3d3ba012c038aa@%3Cnotifications.james.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r97404676a5cf591988faedb887d64e278f522adcaa823d89ca69defe@%3Cnotifications.james.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r50e9c9466c592ca9d707a5dea549524d19e3287da08d8392f643960e@%3Cissues.maven.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r215009dbf7467a9f6506d0c0024cb36cad30071010e62c9352cfaaf0@%3Cissues.maven.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r377b93d79817ce649e9e68b3456e6f499747ef1643fa987b342e082e@%3Cissues.maven.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r3d71f18adb78e50f626dde689161ca63d3b7491bd9718fcddfaecba7@%3Cissues.maven.apache.org%3E