Uncontrolled Resource Consumption Affecting github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server package, versions <8.1.9>=9.0.0 <9.2.5>=9.3.0 <9.3.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (11th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-GOLANG-GITHUBCOMMATTERMOSTMATTERMOSTSERVER-6350900
  • published1 Mar 2024
  • disclosed29 Feb 2024
  • creditGian Klug

Introduced: 29 Feb 2024

CVE-2024-24988  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-400  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server to version 8.1.9, 9.2.5, 9.3.1 or higher.

Overview

github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server is an open source Slack-alternative in Golang and React.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Uncontrolled Resource Consumption due to improper validation of the length of the emoji value in the custom user status. An attacker can cause high resource consumption and possibly crash the server by sending multiple times a very long string as an emoji value.

CVSS Scores

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