#VU75607 Resource exhaustion in starlette - CVE-2023-30798
Published: May 1, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU75607
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-2023-30798
CWE-ID: CWE-400
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
starlette
starlette
Software vendor:
Encode
Encode
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. A remote attacker can specify any number of form fields or files which can cause excessive memory usage resulting in denial of service of the HTTP service.
Remediation
Install updates from vendor's website.