#VU78660 Resource exhaustion in PaperCut NG - CVE-2023-3486
Published: July 25, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU78660
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-3486
CWE-ID: CWE-400
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
PaperCut NG
PaperCut NG
Software vendor:
PaperCut Software
PaperCut Software
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 by exhausting all available disk space and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install updates from vendor's website.