GHSA-5chr-wjw5-3gq4
Vulnerability from github
Published
2023-10-10 21:27
Modified
2024-09-24 17:42
Severity ?
4.9 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
6.9 (Medium) - CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Summary
matrix-synapse vulnerable to denial of service due to malicious server ACL events
Details

Impact

A malicious server ACL event can impact performance temporarily or permanently leading to a persistent denial of service.

Homeservers running on a closed federation (which presumably do not need to use server ACLs) are not affected.

Patches

Server administrators are advised to upgrade to Synapse 1.94.0 or later.

Workarounds

Rooms with malicious server ACL events can be purged and blocked using the admin API.

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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "PyPI",
        "name": "matrix-synapse"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "1.94.0"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2023-45129"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-770"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2023-10-10T21:27:53Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2023-10-10T18:15:19Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "### Impact\nA malicious server ACL event can impact performance temporarily or permanently leading to a persistent denial of service.\n\nHomeservers running on a closed federation (which presumably do not need to use server ACLs) are not affected.\n\n### Patches\nServer administrators are advised to upgrade to Synapse 1.94.0 or later.\n\n### Workarounds\nRooms with malicious server ACL events can be [purged and blocked](https://matrix-org.github.io/synapse/latest/admin_api/rooms.html#version-2-new-version) using the admin API.\n",
  "id": "GHSA-5chr-wjw5-3gq4",
  "modified": "2024-09-24T17:42:27Z",
  "published": "2023-10-10T21:27:53Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/security/advisories/GHSA-5chr-wjw5-3gq4"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-45129"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/pull/16360"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/commit/f84da3c32ec74cf054e2fd6d10618aa4997cffaa"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/matrix-synapse/PYSEC-2023-199.yaml"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KEVRB4MG5UXQ5RLZHSUJXM5GWEBYYS5B"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/N6P4QULVUE254WI7XF2LWWOGHCYVFXFY"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WRO4MPQ6HOXIUZM6RJP6VTCTMV7RD2T3"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://matrix-org.github.io/synapse/latest/admin_api/rooms.html#version-2-new-version"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-12"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V4"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "matrix-synapse vulnerable to denial of service due to malicious server ACL events"
}


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