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Denial of Service (DoS) Affecting org.apache.openmeetings:openmeetings-server package, versions [1.0.0,3.3.0)

0.0
high

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    Availability High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.06% (24th percentile)
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NVD
7.5 high

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-JAVA-ORGAPACHEOPENMEETINGS-31548
  • published 30 Oct 2017
  • disclosed 17 Jul 2017
  • credit Unknown
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Introduced: 17 Jul 2017

CVE-2017-7684 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-399 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade org.apache.openmeetings:openmeetings-server to version 3.3.0 or higher.

Overview

org.apache.openmeetings:openmeetings-server is a module for OpenMeetings server assembly.

Affected versions of the package are vulnerable to Denial of Service (DoS). Apache OpenMeetings 1.0.0 doesn't check contents of files being uploaded. An attacker can cause a denial of service by uploading multiple large files to the server.

Details

Denial of Service (DoS) describes a family of attacks, all aimed at making a system inaccessible to its intended and legitimate users.

Unlike other vulnerabilities, DoS attacks usually do not aim at breaching security. Rather, they are focused on making websites and services unavailable to genuine users resulting in downtime.

One popular Denial of Service vulnerability is DDoS (a Distributed Denial of Service), an attack that attempts to clog network pipes to the system by generating a large volume of traffic from many machines.

When it comes to open source libraries, DoS vulnerabilities allow attackers to trigger such a crash or crippling of the service by using a flaw either in the application code or from the use of open source libraries.

Two common types of DoS vulnerabilities:

  • High CPU/Memory Consumption- An attacker sending crafted requests that could cause the system to take a disproportionate amount of time to process. For example, commons-fileupload:commons-fileupload.

  • Crash - An attacker sending crafted requests that could cause the system to crash. For Example, npm ws package

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