#VU80782 Deserialization of Untrusted Data in Apache Johnzon - CVE-2023-33008
Published: September 14, 2023 / Updated: August 27, 2024
Vulnerability identifier: #VU80782
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-33008
CWE-ID: CWE-502
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Apache Johnzon
Apache Johnzon
Software vendor:
Apache Foundation
Apache Foundation
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service attack.
The vulnerability exists due to insecure input validation when processing serialized data. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted JSON input that uses large numbers (numbers such as 1e20000000) to the application and perform a denial of service attack.
Remediation
Install updates from vendor's website.