#VU98544 Resource exhaustion in jose2go - CVE-2023-50658

Vulnerability identifier: #VU98544

Vulnerability risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 6.6 [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-2023-50658

CWE-ID: CWE-400

Exploitation vector: Network

Exploit availability: No

Vulnerable software:
jose2go
Universal components / Libraries / Libraries used by multiple products

Vendor: dvsekhvalnov

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 pass a large p2c value to the application, trigger excessive CPU consumption and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation
Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

jose2go: 1.1 - 1.5.0

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External links
https://github.com/dvsekhvalnov/jose2go/commit/a4584e9dd7128608fedbc67892eba9697f0d5317
https://github.com/dvsekhvalnov/jose2go/compare/v1.5.0...v1.6.0

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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.