#VU70330 Uncontrolled Recursion in Loofah - CVE-2022-23516

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#VU70330 Uncontrolled Recursion in Loofah - CVE-2022-23516

Published: December 14, 2022


Vulnerability identifier: #VU70330
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-2022-23516
CWE-ID: CWE-674
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Loofah
Software vendor:
Mike Dalessio

Description

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

The vulnerability exists due to uncontrolled recursion when handling CDATA sections. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application and consume excessive CPU resources.


Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.

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