cve-2023-45129
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2023-10-10 17:17
Modified
2024-08-02 20:14
Severity ?
4.9 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Summary
matrix-synapse vulnerable to denial of service due to malicious server ACL events
References
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/pull/16360Patch, Vendor Advisory
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/security/advisories/GHSA-5chr-wjw5-3gq4Vendor Advisory
security-advisories@github.comhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KEVRB4MG5UXQ5RLZHSUJXM5GWEBYYS5B/Mailing List
security-advisories@github.comhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/N6P4QULVUE254WI7XF2LWWOGHCYVFXFY/
security-advisories@github.comhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WRO4MPQ6HOXIUZM6RJP6VTCTMV7RD2T3/Mailing List
security-advisories@github.comhttps://matrix-org.github.io/synapse/latest/admin_api/rooms.html#version-2-new-versionRelease Notes
security-advisories@github.comhttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-12
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