GHSA-8959-RFXH-R4J4

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-01-08 16:39 – Updated: 2024-01-09 16:12
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Summary
XWiki vulnerable to Denial of Service attack through attachments
Details

Impact

A user able to attach a file to a page can post a malformed TAR file by manipulating file modification times headers, which when parsed by Tika, could cause a denial of service issue via CPU consumption.

Patches

This vulnerability has been patched in XWiki 14.10.18, 15.5.3 and 15.8 RC1.

Workarounds

The workaround is to download commons-compress 1.24 and replace the one located in XWiki WEB-INF/lib/ folder.

References

https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-2796

For more information

If you have any questions or comments about this advisory: * Open an issue in Jira XWiki.org * Email us at Security Mailing List

Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Maven",
        "name": "org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-distribution-war"
      },
      "ranges": [
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          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "14.10"
            },
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              "fixed": "14.10.18"
            }
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            },
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            }
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        }
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  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2024-21651"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-400"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2024-01-08T16:39:47Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2024-01-09T00:15:44Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "### Impact\n\nA user able to attach a file to a page can post a malformed TAR file by manipulating file modification times headers, which when parsed by Tika, could cause a denial of service issue via CPU consumption. \n\n### Patches\nThis vulnerability has been patched in XWiki 14.10.18, 15.5.3 and 15.8 RC1.\n\n### Workarounds\n\nThe workaround is to download [commons-compress 1.24](https://search.maven.org/remotecontent?filepath=org/apache/commons/commons-compress/1.24.0/commons-compress-1.24.0.jar) and replace the one located in XWiki `WEB-INF/lib/` folder.\n\n### References\n\nhttps://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-2796\n\n### For more information\n\nIf you have any questions or comments about this advisory:\n* Open an issue in [Jira XWiki.org](https://jira.xwiki.org/)\n* Email us at [Security Mailing List](mailto:security@xwiki.org)",
  "id": "GHSA-8959-rfxh-r4j4",
  "modified": "2024-01-09T16:12:43Z",
  "published": "2024-01-08T16:39:47Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-8959-rfxh-r4j4"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-21651"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-2796"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://search.maven.org/remotecontent?filepath=org/apache/commons/commons-compress/1.24.0/commons-compress-1.24.0.jar"
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  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "XWiki vulnerable to Denial of Service attack through attachments"
}



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