#VU71601 Resource exhaustion in Discourse - CVE-2023-23616 

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#VU71601 Resource exhaustion in Discourse - CVE-2023-23616

Published: January 27, 2023


Vulnerability identifier: #VU71601
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-23616
CWE-ID: CWE-400
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Discourse
Software vendor:
Civilized Discourse Construction Kit, Inc.

Description

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

The vulnerability exists due to application does not impose limits on the number of characters in the group membership request. A remote user can flood the database with a large amount of data and cause a denial of service (DoS) condition.


Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.

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