SB2024100715 - Denial of service in Discourse
Published: October 7, 2024
Security Bulletin ID
SB2024100715
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-43789)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to improper restrictions on replies to posts. A remote attacker can create a post with many replies, attempt to fetch them all at once and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.