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GHSA-6m9g-jr8c-cqw3

HighCVSS 7.4 / 10
Published Apr 29, 2020·Last modified Sep 4, 2024
Affected Components(0)

No affected components available

Description

Impact

Possible remote Denial of Service or Data Injection.

Patches

Patches are available in https://github.com/horazont/aioxmpp/pull/268. They have been backported to the 0.10 release series and 0.10.3 is the first release to contain the fix.

Workarounds

To make the bug exploitable, an error suppressing xso_error_handler is required. By not using xso_error_handlers or not using the suppression function, the vulnerability can be mitigated completely (to our knowledge).

References

The pull request contains a detailed description: https://github.com/horazont/aioxmpp/pull/268

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Risk Scores
Base Score
7.4

The vulnerability can be exploited over the network without needing physical access. It is difficult for an attacker to exploit this vulnerability and may require special conditions. An attacker does not need any special privileges or access rights. No user interaction is needed for the attacker to exploit this vulnerability. The impact is confined to the system where the vulnerability exists. There is a high impact on the integrity of the data. There is a high impact on the availability of the system.

Threat Intelligence
6.8

Exploitation attempts have been detected. Elevated vigilance and prompt remediation are advised.

EPSS
1.17%

The exploit probability is very low. The vulnerability is unlikely to be exploited in the next 30 days.

Exploit
Not available

We did not find any exploit available. Neither in GitHub repositories nor in the Exploit-Database.

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