GHSA-PW4V-GR34-2553

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2021-04-16 19:53 – Updated: 2024-09-24 15:42
VLAI?
Summary
Sydent DoS (via resource exhaustion) due to improper input validation
Details

Impact

Missing input validation of some parameters on the endpoints used to confirm third-party identifiers could cause excessive use of disk space and memory leading to resource exhaustion.

Patches

Fixed by 3175fd3.

For more information

If you have any questions or comments about this advisory, email us at security@matrix.org.

Severity ?
4.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
5.3 (Medium)
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
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  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "PyPI",
        "name": "matrix-sydent"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "2.3.0"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2021-29433"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-20",
      "CWE-400"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2021-04-15T18:45:07Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2021-04-15T18:15:00Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "### Impact\n\nMissing input validation of some parameters on the endpoints used to confirm third-party identifiers could cause excessive use of disk space and memory leading to resource exhaustion.\n\n### Patches\n\nFixed by 3175fd3.\n\n### For more information\n\nIf you have any questions or comments about this advisory, email us at security@matrix.org.",
  "id": "GHSA-pw4v-gr34-2553",
  "modified": "2024-09-24T15:42:42Z",
  "published": "2021-04-16T19:53:37Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/matrix-org/sydent/security/advisories/GHSA-pw4v-gr34-2553"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-29433"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/matrix-org/sydent/commit/3175fd358ebc2c310eab7a3dbf296ce2bd54c1da"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/matrix-org/sydent"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/matrix-sydent/PYSEC-2021-24.yaml"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://pypi.org/project/matrix-sydent"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V4"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "Sydent DoS (via resource exhaustion) due to improper input validation"
}


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