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GHSA-w496-f5qq-m58j Mattermost vulnerable to excessive memory consumption

MEDIUM Published 2023-11-06 Modified 2023-11-23 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2023-5969
Ecosystem
Go
Packages
github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server/v6, github.com/mattermost/mattermost/server/v8
Severity
Moderate
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Weaknesses
CWE-400
Reviewed
2023-11-08

Affected packages

• Go github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server/v6: < 7.8.12 → fixed in 7.8.12 • Go github.com/mattermost/mattermost/server/v8: >= 8.0.0, < 8.0.4 → fixed in 8.0.4 • Go github.com/mattermost/mattermost/server/v8: >= 8.1.0, < 8.1.3 → fixed in 8.1.3 • Go github.com/mattermost/mattermost/server/v8: >= 9.0.0, < 9.0.1 → fixed in 9.0.1

Description

Mattermost fails to properly sanitize the request to `/api/v4/redirect_location` allowing an attacker, sending a specially crafted request to `/api/v4/redirect_location`, to fill up the memory due to caching large items.

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

  • CVE-2023-5969 Mattermost fails to properly sanitize the request to /api/v4/redirect_location allowing an attacker, sending a specially crafted request to… vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption weakness

References