#VU82816 Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in go-libp2p - CVE-2023-39533
Published: November 7, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU82816
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-2023-39533
CWE-ID: CWE-770
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
go-libp2p
go-libp2p
Software vendor:
libp2p
libp2p
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 trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install updates from vendor's website.
External links
- https://github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p/commit/e30fcf7dfd4715ed89a5e68d7a4f774d3b9aa92d
- https://github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p/pull/2454
- https://github.com/quic-go/quic-go/pull/4012
- https://github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p/security/advisories/GHSA-876p-8259-xjgg
- https://github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p/commit/0cce607219f3710addc7e18672cffd1f1d912fbb
- https://github.com/golang/go/commit/2350afd2e8ab054390e284c95d5b089c142db017
- https://github.com/golang/go/issues/61460
- https://github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p/commit/445be526aea4ee0b1fa5388aa65d32b2816d3a00