CVE-2023-37279

Public Exploit
Faktory Web Dashboard can lead to denial of service(DOS) via malicious user input

Description

Faktory is a language-agnostic persistent background job server. Prior to version 1.8.0, the Faktory web dashboard can suffer from denial of service by a crafted malicious url query param `days`. The vulnerability is related to how the backend reads the `days` URL query parameter in the Faktory web dashboard. The value is used directly without any checks to create a string slice. If a very large value is provided, the backend server ends up using a significant amount of memory and causing it to crash. Version 1.8.0 fixes this issue.

Category

7.5
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.1 •
EPSS 0.49%
Vendor Advisory github.com
Affected: contribsys faktory
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://github.com/contribsys/faktory/security/advisories/GHSA-x4hh-vjm7-g2jv vendor advisory exploit

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2023-37279?
CVE-2023-37279 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2023-37279?
To fix CVE-2023-37279, 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-2023-37279 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2023-37279 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-2023-37279?
CVE-2023-37279 affects contribsys faktory.
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