GHSA-8959-rfxh-r4j4
XWiki vulnerable to Denial of Service attack through attachments
At a glance
- Published
- Updated
- CVE
- CVE-2024-21651
- CVSS_V3
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Description
### Impact A user able to attach a file to a page can post a malformed TAR file by manipulating file modification times headers, which when parsed by Tika, could cause a denial of service issue via CPU consumption. ### Patches This vulnerability has been patched in XWiki 14.10.18, 15.5.3 and 15.8 RC1. ### Workarounds The workaround is to download [commons-compress 1.24](https://search.maven.org/remotecontent?filepath=org/apache/commons/commons-compress/1.24.0/commons-compress-1.24.0.jar) and replace the one located in XWiki `WEB-INF/lib/` folder. ### References https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-2796 ### For more information If you have any questions or comments about this advisory: * Open an issue in [Jira XWiki.org](https://jira.xwiki.org/) * Email us at [Security Mailing List](mailto:security@xwiki.org)
Affected packages
| Package | Versions |
|---|---|
| Maven · org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-distribution-war | introduced 14.10, fixed 14.10.18 |
| Maven · org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-distribution-war | introduced 15.0-rc-1, fixed 15.5.3 |
| Maven · org.xwiki.platform:xwiki-platform-distribution-war | introduced 15.6-rc-1, fixed 15.8-rc-1 |
References
- https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-8959-rfxh-r4j4 WEB
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-21651 ADVISORY
- https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform PACKAGE
- https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-2796 WEB
- https://search.maven.org/remotecontent?filepath=org/apache/commons/commons-compress/1.24.0/commons-compress-1.24.0.jar WEB
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| OSV.dev | CC-BY 4.0 — GitHub Advisory Database |