Denial of service in Clojure

1) Deserialization of untrusted data

EUVDB-ID: #VU97456

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-2024-22871

CWE-ID: CWE-502 - Deserialization of Untrusted Data

Exploit availability: No

Description

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

The vulnerability exists due to insecure input validation when processing serialized data. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

clojure: 1.0 - 1.12.0 alpha5

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:a:clojure:clojure:1.12.0:alpha5:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:clojure:clojure:1.12.0:alpha4:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:clojure:clojure:1.12.0:alpha3:*:*:*:*:*:*

External links

http://hackmd.io/%40fe1w0/rymmJGida
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SWWK2SO2MH4SXPO6L444MM6LHVLVFULV/
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/25FKUOYXQZGGJMFUM5HJABWMIX2TILRV/
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YFPGUDXMW6OXKIDGCOZFEAXO74VQIB2T/

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.