cve-2024-31208
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2024-04-23 17:26
Modified
2024-08-02 01:46
Severity ?
6.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Summary
Synapse's V2 state resolution weakness allows DoS from remote room members
References
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/element-hq/synapse/commit/55b0aa847a61774b6a3acdc4b177a20dc019f01a
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/element-hq/synapse/releases/tag/v1.105.1
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/element-hq/synapse/security/advisories/GHSA-3h7q-rfh9-xm4v
security-advisories@github.comhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/R6FCCO4ODTZ3FDS7TMW76PKOSEL2TQVB/
security-advisories@github.comhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RR53FNHV446CB37TP45GZ6F6HZLZCK3K/
security-advisories@github.comhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VSF4NJJSTSQRJQ47PLYYSCFYKJBP7DET/
Impacted products
element-hqsynapse
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