Confluence Data Center and Server update for tomcat-websocket



Risk Medium
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2024-23672
CWE-ID CWE-400
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
Subscribe 		Confluence Data Center
Server applications / Other server solutions

Atlassian Confluence Server
Server applications / Web servers

Vendor Atlassian

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.

1) Resource exhaustion

EUVDB-ID: #VU87509

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 6.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-23672

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 keep WebSocket connections open for a long time to trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Confluence Data Center: 2.0 - 8.9.0

Atlassian Confluence Server: 2.0 - 8.9.0

CPE2.3 External links

http://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-95835


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.



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