Uncontrolled Resource Consumption ('Resource Exhaustion') Affecting github.com/mattermost/mattermost/server/v8 package, versions <8.1.4 >=9.1.0 <9.1.1 >=9.0.0 <9.0.2
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.06% (25th
percentile)
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- published 29 Nov 2023
- disclosed 27 Nov 2023
- credit Unknown
Introduced: 27 Nov 2023
CVE-2023-40703 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade github.com/mattermost/mattermost/server/v8 to version 8.1.4, 9.1.1, 9.0.2 or higher.
Overview
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Uncontrolled Resource Consumption ('Resource Exhaustion') due to the improper limitation of characters in different fields of a block in Mattermost Boards. An attacker can consume excessive resources, possibly leading to a denial of service, by patching the field of a block using a specially crafted string.
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