GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Maven

GHSA-h48w-c35p-6m8x Out-of-bounds Write in Play Framework

HIGH Published 2022-02-10 Modified 2021-04-22 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2020-27196
Ecosystem
Maven
Packages
com.typesafe.play:play, com.typesafe.play:play-java
Severity
High
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-787
Reviewed
2021-04-22

Affected packages

• Maven com.typesafe.play:play: >= 2.6.0, < 2.7.6 → fixed in 2.7.6 • Maven com.typesafe.play:play: >= 2.8.0, < 2.8.3 → fixed in 2.8.3 • Maven com.typesafe.play:play-java: >= 2.6.0, < 2.7.6 → fixed in 2.7.6 • Maven com.typesafe.play:play-java: >= 2.8.0, < 2.8.3 → fixed in 2.8.3

Description

An issue was discovered in PlayJava in Play Framework 2.6.0 through 2.8.2. The body parsing of HTTP requests eagerly parses a payload given a Content-Type header. A deep JSON structure sent to a valid POST endpoint (that may or may not expect JSON payloads) causes a StackOverflowError and Denial of Service.

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

  • CVE-2020-27196 An issue was discovered in PlayJava in Play Framework 2.6.0 through 2.8.2. vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write weakness

References