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Out-of-bounds Write in Play Framework

High severity GitHub Reviewed Published Feb 10, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Feb 1, 2023

Package

maven com.typesafe.play:play (Maven)

Affected versions

>= 2.6.0, < 2.7.6
>= 2.8.0, < 2.8.3

Patched versions

2.7.6
2.8.3
maven com.typesafe.play:play-java (Maven)
>= 2.6.0, < 2.7.6
>= 2.8.0, < 2.8.3
2.7.6
2.8.3

Description

An issue was discovered in PlayJava in Play Framework 2.6.0 through 2.8.2. The body parsing of HTTP requests eagerly parses a payload given a Content-Type header. A deep JSON structure sent to a valid POST endpoint (that may or may not expect JSON payloads) causes a StackOverflowError and Denial of Service.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Nov 6, 2020
Reviewed Apr 22, 2021
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Feb 10, 2022
Last updated Feb 1, 2023

Severity

High

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
None
User interaction
None
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:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS score

0.113%
(46th percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2020-27196

GHSA ID

GHSA-h48w-c35p-6m8x

Source code

No known source code
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