Denial of service in sqlparse

1) Resource exhaustion

EUVDB-ID: #VU75412

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 5.7 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-30608

CWE-ID: CWE-400 - Resource exhaustion

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources. A remote attacker can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Sqlparse: 0.1.16 - 0.4.3

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3::sqlparse_project:sqlparse:0.1.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3::sqlparse_project:sqlparse:0.1.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3::sqlparse_project:sqlparse:0.1.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

External links

http://github.com/andialbrecht/sqlparse/security/advisories/GHSA-rrm6-wvj7-cwh2
http://owasp.org/www-community/attacks/Regular_expression_Denial_of_Service_-_ReDoS
http://github.com/andialbrecht/sqlparse/commit/c457abd5f097dd13fb21543381e7cfafe7d31cfb
http://github.com/andialbrecht/sqlparse/commit/e75e35869473832a1eb67772b1adfee2db11b85a

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.