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CVE-2023-4785 (GCVE-0-2023-4785)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-09-13 16:31 – Updated: 2026-01-12 15:34
VLAI
Title
Denial of Service in gRPC Core
Summary
Lack of error handling in the TCP server in Google's gRPC starting version 1.23 on posix-compatible platforms (ex. Linux) allows an attacker to cause a denial of service by initiating a significant number of connections with the server. Note that gRPC C++ Python, and Ruby are affected, but gRPC Java, and Go are NOT affected.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-09-25 18:02 UTC
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Google gRPC Unaffected: 0 , < 1.23 (custom)
Unaffected: 1.57
Affected: 1.56.0 , ≤ 1.56.1 (custom)
Affected: 1.55.0 , ≤ 1.55.2 (custom)
Affected: 1.54.0 , ≤ 1.54.2 (custom)
Affected: 1.53.0 , ≤ 1.53.1 (custom)
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grpc grpc Affected: 0 , < 1.23 (custom)
Affected: 1.57
Affected: 1.56.0 , ≤ 1.56.1 (custom)
Affected: 1.55.0 , ≤ 155.2 (custom)
Affected: 1.54.0 , ≤ 1.54.2 (custom)
Affected: 1.53.0 , ≤ 1.53.1 (custom)
    cpe:2.3:a:grpc:grpc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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