GHSA-WMG4-8CP2-HPG9

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2021-04-19 14:54 – Updated: 2024-09-24 15:43
VLAI?
Summary
Sydent vulnerable to denial of service attack via memory exhaustion
Details

Impact

Sydent does not limit the size of requests it receives from HTTP clients. A malicious user could send an HTTP request with a very large body, leading to disk space exhaustion and denial of service.

Sydent also does not limit response size for requests it makes to remote Matrix homeservers. A malicious homeserver could return a very large response, again leading to memory exhaustion and denial of service.

This affects any server which accepts registration requests from untrusted clients.

Patches

Patched by 89071a1, 0523511, f56eee3.

Workarounds

Request sizes can be limited in an HTTP reverse-proxy.

There are no known workarounds for the problem with overlarge responses.

For more information

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

Severity ?
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
8.7 (High)
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
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  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "PyPI",
        "name": "matrix-sydent"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "2.3.0"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2021-29430"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-20",
      "CWE-400",
      "CWE-770"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2021-04-15T20:49:34Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2021-04-15T21:15:00Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "### Impact\n\nSydent does not limit the size of requests it receives from HTTP clients. A malicious user could send an HTTP request with a very large body, leading to disk space exhaustion and denial of service.\n\nSydent also does not limit response size for requests it makes to remote Matrix homeservers. A malicious homeserver could return a very large response, again leading to memory exhaustion and denial of service.\n\nThis affects any server which accepts registration requests from untrusted clients.\n\n### Patches\n\nPatched by 89071a1, 0523511, f56eee3.\n\n### Workarounds\n\nRequest sizes can be limited in an HTTP reverse-proxy.\n\nThere are no known workarounds for the problem with overlarge responses.\n\n### For more information\n\nIf you have any questions or comments about this advisory, email us at security@matrix.org.",
  "id": "GHSA-wmg4-8cp2-hpg9",
  "modified": "2024-09-24T15:43:44Z",
  "published": "2021-04-19T14:54:04Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/matrix-org/sydent/security/advisories/GHSA-wmg4-8cp2-hpg9"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-29430"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/matrix-org/sydent/commit/0523511d2fb40f2738f8a8549868f44b96e5dab7"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/matrix-org/sydent/commit/89071a1a754c69a50deac89e6bb74002d4cda19d"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/matrix-org/sydent/commit/f56eee315b6c44fdd9f6aa785cc2ec744a594428"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/matrix-org/sydent"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/matrix-org/sydent/releases/tag/v2.3.0"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/matrix-sydent/PYSEC-2021-21.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:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "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",
      "type": "CVSS_V4"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "Sydent vulnerable to denial of service attack via memory exhaustion"
}


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