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Out of memory error when submitting the dataset form with a specially-crafted field

Moderate severity GitHub Reviewed Published Dec 13, 2023 in ckan/ckan • Updated Dec 13, 2023

Package

pip ckan (pip)

Affected versions

>= 2.0, < 2.9.10
>= 2.10.0, < 2.10.3

Patched versions

2.9.10
2.10.3

Description

Impact

When submitting a POST request to the /dataset/new endpoint (including either the auth cookie or the Authorization header) with a specially-crafted field, an attacker can create an out-of-memory error in the hosting server.

To trigger this error the user needs to have permissions to create or edit datasets.

Patches

This vulnerability has been patched in CKAN 2.10.3 and 2.9.10

References

@amercader amercader published to ckan/ckan Dec 13, 2023
Published by the National Vulnerability Database Dec 13, 2023
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Dec 13, 2023
Reviewed Dec 13, 2023
Last updated Dec 13, 2023

Severity

Moderate

CVSS overall score

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
/ 10

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
High
User interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS score

0.044%
(14th percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2023-50248

GHSA ID

GHSA-7fgc-89cx-w8j5

Source code

Credits

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