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CVE-2019-16764

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Published: Nov 25, 2019Modified: Nov 21, 2024

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5.5
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Exploitability: 1.8 / Impact: 3.6
Source: NVD

Description

The use of `String.to_atom/1` in PowAssent is susceptible to denial of service attacks. In `PowAssent.Phoenix.AuthorizationController` a value is fetched from the user provided params, and `String.to_atom/1` is used to convert the binary value to an atom so it can be used to fetch the provider configuration value. This is unsafe as it is user provided data, and can be used to fill up the whole atom table of ~1M which will cause the app to crash.

Affected (1)

Products: Powauth: Powassent
Powauth
1 product
Powassent
Configuration A
1 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Powassent
Before 0.4.4

Related CWEs

CWE-400
Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
The product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource, thereby enabling an actor to influence the amount of resources consumed, eventually leading to the exhaustion of available resources.

References (8)

Source: security-advisories@github.com
Product
Source: security-advisories@github.com
Patch
Source: security-advisories@github.com
Third Party Advisory
Source: security-advisories@github.com
Release Notes
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Product
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Release Notes

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