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GHSA-6r8p-hpg7-825g

MediumCVSS 6.5 / 10
Published Jan 18, 2024·Last modified Jan 18, 2024
Affected Components(0)

No affected components available

Description

In some specific instances, the SurrealQL parser will attempt to recursively parse nested statements or idioms (i.e. nested IF and RELATE statements, nested basic idioms and nested access to attributes) without checking if the depth limit established by default or in the SURREAL_MAX_COMPUTATION_DEPTH environment variable is exceeded. This can lead to the stack overflowing when the nesting surpasses certain levels of depth.

Impact

An attacker that is authorized to run queries on a SurrealDB server may be able to run a query using the affected statements and idioms with very deep nesting in order to crash the server, leading to denial of service.

Patches

  • Version 1.1.0 and later are not affected by this issue.

Workarounds

Concerned users unable to update may want to limit the ability of untrusted users to run arbitrary SurrealQL queries in the affected versions of SurrealDB. To limit the impact of the denial of service, SurrealDB administrators may also want to ensure that the SurrealDB process is running so that it can be automatically re-started after a crash.

References

  • https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=62410
  • https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=62652
  • https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=63797
  • https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=64445
  • https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=64731
  • https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=65277
Risk Scores
Base Score
6.5

The vulnerability can be exploited over the network without needing physical access. It is easy for an attacker to exploit this vulnerability. An attacker needs basic access or low-level privileges. 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 availability of the system.

Threat Intelligence
6.0

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

EPSS
0.27%

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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