CVE-2023-2990

Public Exploit
Fortra Globalscape Administration Server Denial of Service

Description

Fortra Globalscape EFT versions before 8.1.0.16 suffer from a denial of service vulnerability, where a compressed message that decompresses to itself can cause infinite recursion and crash the service

Categories

7.5
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.1 •
EPSS 0.16%
Vendor Advisory globalscape.com
Affected: Fortra Globalscape EFT
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://www.rapid7.com/blog/post/2023/06/22/multiple-vulnerabilities-in-fortra-globalscape-eft-administration-server-fixed/ third party advisory exploit
https://kb.globalscape.com/Knowledgebase/11588/Is-EFT-susceptible-to-the-Denial-of-service-via-recursive-Deflate-Stream-vulnerability vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2023-2990?
CVE-2023-2990 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2023-2990?
To fix CVE-2023-2990, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2023-2990 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2023-2990 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
What software or system is affected by CVE-2023-2990?
CVE-2023-2990 affects Fortra Globalscape EFT.
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