#VU50161 Resource exhaustion - CVE-2020-28488

Vulnerability identifier: #VU50161

Vulnerability risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 0 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2020-28488

CWE-ID: CWE-400

Exploitation vector: Network

Exploit availability: Yes

Description

Not a vulnerability.

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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. When the "dialog" is injected into an HTML tag more than once, the browser and the application may crash.

Mitigation
This is not a security vulnerability.

External links
https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/161167/jQuery-UI-1.12.1-Denial-Of-Service.html
https://bugs.jqueryui.com/ticket/15390
https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGFUJIONWEBJARS-1062739
https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARS-1062741
https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSBOWER-1062740
https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSBOWERGITHUBJQUERY-1062738
https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSNPM-1062742
https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-JQUERYUI-1052825

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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. However, proof of concept for this vulnerability is available.