CVE-2021-29433 (GCVE-0-2021-29433)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-04-15 17:55 – Updated: 2024-08-03 22:02
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Summary
Sydent is a reference Matrix identity server. In Sydent versions 2.2.0 and prior, sissing 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. A patch for the vulnerability is in version 2.3.0. No workarounds are known to exist.
Severity ?
4.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CWE
  • CWE-20 - {"CWE-20":"Improper Input Validation"}
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Vendor Product Version
matrix-org sydent Affected: <= 2.2.0
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