ghsa-x345-32rc-8h85
Vulnerability from github
Published
2021-05-13 20:22
Modified
2024-09-30 20:43
Severity ?
3.7 (Low) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
6.3 (Medium) - CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Summary
Denial of service attack via push rule patterns in matrix-synapse
Details

Impact

"Push rules" can specify conditions under which they will match, including event_match, which matches event content against a pattern including wildcards.

Certain patterns can cause very poor performance in the matching engine, leading to a denial-of-service when processing moderate length events.

Patches

The issue is patched by https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/commit/03318a766cac9f8b053db2214d9c332a977d226c.

Workarounds

A potential workaround might be to prevent users from making custom push rules, by blocking such requests at a reverse-proxy.

For more information

If you have any questions or comments about this advisory, email us at security@matrix.org.

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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "PyPI",
        "name": "matrix-synapse"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "1.33.2"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2021-29471"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-331",
      "CWE-400"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2021-05-11T17:19:15Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2021-05-11T15:15:00Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "### Impact\n\n\"Push rules\" can specify [conditions](https://matrix.org/docs/spec/client_server/r0.6.1#conditions) under which they will match, including `event_match`, which matches event content against a pattern including wildcards.\n\nCertain patterns can cause very poor performance in the matching engine, leading to a denial-of-service when processing moderate length events.\n\n### Patches\n\nThe issue is patched by https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/commit/03318a766cac9f8b053db2214d9c332a977d226c.\n\n### Workarounds\n\nA potential workaround might be to prevent users from making custom push rules, by blocking such requests at a reverse-proxy.\n\n### For more information\n\nIf you have any questions or comments about this advisory, email us at security@matrix.org.",
  "id": "GHSA-x345-32rc-8h85",
  "modified": "2024-09-30T20:43:40Z",
  "published": "2021-05-13T20:22:51Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/security/advisories/GHSA-x345-32rc-8h85"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-29471"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/commit/03318a766cac9f8b053db2214d9c332a977d226c"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/releases/tag/v1.33.2"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/matrix-synapse/PYSEC-2021-135.yaml"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TNNAJOZNMVMXM6AS7RFFKB4QLUJ4IFEY"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V4"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "Denial of service attack via push rule patterns in matrix-synapse"
}


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