CWE-404
Allowed-with-ReviewImproper Resource Shutdown or Release
Abstraction: Class · Status: Draft
The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use.
1219 vulnerabilities reference this CWE, most recent first.
GHSA-VGQV-Q7R5-8P24
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-03-15 06:30 – Updated: 2024-03-15 06:30Zemana AntiLogger v2.74.204.664 is vulnerable to a Memory Information Leak vulnerability by triggering the 0x80002020 IOCTL code of the zam64.sys and zamguard64.sys drivers
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"CWE-200",
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"nvd_published_at": "2024-03-15T05:15:06Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
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"details": "Zemana AntiLogger v2.74.204.664 is vulnerable to a Memory Information Leak vulnerability by triggering the 0x80002020 IOCTL code of the zam64.sys and zamguard64.sys drivers",
"id": "GHSA-vgqv-q7r5-8p24",
"modified": "2024-03-15T06:30:33Z",
"published": "2024-03-15T06:30:33Z",
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"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-2180"
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://fluidattacks.com/advisories/gomez"
},
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://zemana.com/us/antilogger.html"
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"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-VM3G-8XWV-MXFP
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-05-04 06:32 – Updated: 2026-05-08 16:51A vulnerability has been found in osrg GoBGP up to 4.3.0. This impacts the function SRv6L3ServiceAttribute.DecodeFromBytes of the file pkg/packet/bgp/prefix_sid.go of the component SRv6 L3 Service. Such manipulation of the argument data leads to denial of service. The attack may be performed from remote. Upgrading to version 4.4.0 will fix this issue. The name of the patch is f9f7b55ec258e514be0264871fa645a2c3edad11. Users should upgrade the affected component.
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"name": "github.com/osrg/gobgp/v4"
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"aliases": [
"CVE-2026-7734"
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"github_reviewed_at": "2026-05-08T16:51:50Z",
"nvd_published_at": "2026-05-04T06:16:02Z",
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"details": "A vulnerability has been found in osrg GoBGP up to 4.3.0. This impacts the function SRv6L3ServiceAttribute.DecodeFromBytes of the file pkg/packet/bgp/prefix_sid.go of the component SRv6 L3 Service. Such manipulation of the argument data leads to denial of service. The attack may be performed from remote. Upgrading to version 4.4.0 will fix this issue. The name of the patch is f9f7b55ec258e514be0264871fa645a2c3edad11. Users should upgrade the affected component.",
"id": "GHSA-vm3g-8xwv-mxfp",
"modified": "2026-05-08T16:51:50Z",
"published": "2026-05-04T06:32:02Z",
"references": [
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"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-7734"
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/osrg/gobgp/commit/f9f7b55ec258e514be0264871fa645a2c3edad11"
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"type": "PACKAGE",
"url": "https://github.com/osrg/gobgp"
},
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/osrg/gobgp/releases/tag/v4.4.0"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://vuldb.com/submit/807581"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://vuldb.com/vuln/360909"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://vuldb.com/vuln/360909/cti"
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"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
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"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
},
{
"score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N",
"type": "CVSS_V4"
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],
"summary": "GoBGP has an Improper Resource Shutdown or Release"
}
GHSA-VMJQ-8X4H-CQX7
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-10-17 12:00 – Updated: 2022-10-19 12:00A vulnerability was found in Linux Kernel. It has been classified as problematic. This affects the function get_syms of the file tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/kprobe_multi_test.c of the component BPF. The manipulation leads to memory leak. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. The identifier VDB-211029 was assigned to this vulnerability.
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"CWE-404"
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"nvd_published_at": "2022-10-17T09:15:00Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
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"details": "A vulnerability was found in Linux Kernel. It has been classified as problematic. This affects the function get_syms of the file tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/kprobe_multi_test.c of the component BPF. The manipulation leads to memory leak. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. The identifier VDB-211029 was assigned to this vulnerability.",
"id": "GHSA-vmjq-8x4h-cqx7",
"modified": "2022-10-19T12:00:19Z",
"published": "2022-10-17T12:00:27Z",
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"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-3531"
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bpf/bpf-next.git/commit/?id=6d2e21dc4db3933db65293552ecc1ede26febeca"
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"url": "https://vuldb.com/?id.211029"
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"severity": [
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"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
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]
}
GHSA-VP3J-RF6V-5GGQ
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-13 01:53 – Updated: 2022-05-13 01:53An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the way that the Windows kernel image handles objects in memory, aka "Windows Image Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability." This affects Windows 10, Windows 10 Servers.
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"nvd_published_at": "2018-05-09T19:29:00Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
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"details": "An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the way that the Windows kernel image handles objects in memory, aka \"Windows Image Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability.\" This affects Windows 10, Windows 10 Servers.",
"id": "GHSA-vp3j-rf6v-5ggq",
"modified": "2022-05-13T01:53:34Z",
"published": "2022-05-13T01:53:34Z",
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"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-8170"
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-8170"
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104068"
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040849"
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"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
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"score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-VPJG-WMF8-29H9
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2023-09-05 12:30 – Updated: 2025-02-13 19:11Salt masters prior to 3005.2 or 3006.2 contain a DOS in minion return. After receiving several bad packets on the request server equal to the number of worker threads, the master will become unresponsive to return requests until restarted.
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"name": "salt"
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"aliases": [
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"github_reviewed_at": "2023-09-06T19:52:59Z",
"nvd_published_at": "2023-09-05T11:15:32Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
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"details": "Salt masters prior to 3005.2 or 3006.2 contain a DOS in minion return. After receiving several bad packets on the request server equal to the number of worker threads, the master will become unresponsive to return requests until restarted.",
"id": "GHSA-vpjg-wmf8-29h9",
"modified": "2025-02-13T19:11:42Z",
"published": "2023-09-05T12:30:16Z",
"references": [
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"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-20897"
},
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/salt/PYSEC-2023-166.yaml"
},
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"type": "PACKAGE",
"url": "https://github.com/saltstack/salt"
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/OMWJIHQZXHK6FH2E3IWAZCYIRI7FLVOL"
},
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://saltproject.io/security-announcements/2023-08-10-advisory"
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"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
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],
"summary": "Salt vulnerable to denial of service"
}
GHSA-VQ23-HWG7-HXRH
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-12-21 21:30 – Updated: 2022-12-29 01:06A vulnerability was found in Brondahl EnumStringValues 4.0.1. It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects the function GetStringValuesWithPreferences_Uncache of the file EnumStringValues/EnumExtensions.cs. The manipulation leads to resource consumption. Upgrading to version 4.0.2 to address this issue. The name of the patch is c0fc7806beb24883cc2f9543ebc50c0820297307. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. VDB-216466 is the identifier assigned to this vulnerability.
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"ecosystem": "NuGet",
"name": "EnumStringValues"
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"fixed": "4.0.2"
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"aliases": [
"CVE-2020-36620"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-400",
"CWE-404"
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"github_reviewed": true,
"github_reviewed_at": "2022-12-22T03:35:03Z",
"nvd_published_at": "2022-12-21T19:15:00Z",
"severity": "LOW"
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"details": "A vulnerability was found in Brondahl EnumStringValues 4.0.1. It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects the function GetStringValuesWithPreferences_Uncache of the file EnumStringValues/EnumExtensions.cs. The manipulation leads to resource consumption. Upgrading to version 4.0.2 to address this issue. The name of the patch is c0fc7806beb24883cc2f9543ebc50c0820297307. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. VDB-216466 is the identifier assigned to this vulnerability.",
"id": "GHSA-vq23-hwg7-hxrh",
"modified": "2022-12-29T01:06:02Z",
"published": "2022-12-21T21:30:15Z",
"references": [
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"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-36620"
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"url": "https://github.com/Brondahl/EnumStringValues/commit/c0fc7806beb24883cc2f9543ebc50c0820297307"
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"url": "https://github.com/Brondahl/EnumStringValues"
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"url": "https://github.com/Brondahl/EnumStringValues/releases/tag/4.0.1"
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"url": "https://github.com/Brondahl/EnumStringValues/releases/tag/4.0.2"
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"url": "https://vuldb.com/?id.216466"
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"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
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],
"summary": "EnumStringValues vulnerable to Uncontrolled Resource Consumption"
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GHSA-VQ94-JF3P-92RX
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-01-19 18:30 – Updated: 2024-01-19 18:30A vulnerability was found in freeSSHd 1.0.9 on Windows. It has been classified as problematic. This affects an unknown part. The manipulation leads to denial of service. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The associated identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-251547.
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"nvd_published_at": "2024-01-19T17:15:08Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
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"details": "A vulnerability was found in freeSSHd 1.0.9 on Windows. It has been classified as problematic. This affects an unknown part. The manipulation leads to denial of service. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The associated identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-251547.",
"id": "GHSA-vq94-jf3p-92rx",
"modified": "2024-01-19T18:30:29Z",
"published": "2024-01-19T18:30:29Z",
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"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-0723"
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"url": "https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/176545/freeSSHd-1.0.9-Denial-Of-Service.html"
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"url": "https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.251547"
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"url": "https://vuldb.com/?id.251547"
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"type": "CVSS_V3"
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]
}
GHSA-VQMR-VXC7-5WC4
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-05-20 21:30 – Updated: 2025-05-20 21:30A vulnerability has been found in H3C Magic R200G up to 100R002 and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is the function Edit_BasicSSID/Edit_BasicSSID_5G/SetAPWifiorLedInfoById/SetMobileAPInfoById/Asp_SetTimingtimeWifiAndLed/AddMacList/EditMacList/AddWlanMacList/EditWlanMacList of the file /goform/aspForm of the component HTTP POST Request Handler. The manipulation of the argument param leads to denial of service. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.
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"nvd_published_at": "2025-05-20T21:15:23Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
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"details": "A vulnerability has been found in H3C Magic R200G up to 100R002 and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is the function Edit_BasicSSID/Edit_BasicSSID_5G/SetAPWifiorLedInfoById/SetMobileAPInfoById/Asp_SetTimingtimeWifiAndLed/AddMacList/EditMacList/AddWlanMacList/EditWlanMacList of the file /goform/aspForm of the component HTTP POST Request Handler. The manipulation of the argument param leads to denial of service. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.",
"id": "GHSA-vqmr-vxc7-5wc4",
"modified": "2025-05-20T21:30:43Z",
"published": "2025-05-20T21:30:43Z",
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"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-4998"
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"url": "https://github.com/CH13hh/tmp_store_cc/blob/main/H3C%20Magic%20R200G/1.md"
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"url": "https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.309649"
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"url": "https://vuldb.com/?id.309649"
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://vuldb.com/?submit.563583"
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"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
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"score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X",
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GHSA-VR42-4X2Q-392X
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-08-08 18:32 – Updated: 2026-06-02 15:31A vulnerability was found in libxml2 up to 2.14.5. It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects the function xmlParseSGMLCatalog of the component xmlcatalog. The manipulation leads to uncontrolled recursion. Attacking locally is a requirement. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The real existence of this vulnerability is still doubted at the moment. The code maintainer explains, that "[t]he issue can only be triggered with untrusted SGML catalogs and it makes absolutely no sense to use untrusted catalogs. I also doubt that anyone is still using SGML catalogs at all."
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"nvd_published_at": "2025-08-08T17:15:30Z",
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"details": "A vulnerability was found in libxml2 up to 2.14.5. It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects the function xmlParseSGMLCatalog of the component xmlcatalog. The manipulation leads to uncontrolled recursion. Attacking locally is a requirement. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The real existence of this vulnerability is still doubted at the moment. The code maintainer explains, that \"[t]he issue can only be triggered with untrusted SGML catalogs and it makes absolutely no sense to use untrusted catalogs. I also doubt that anyone is still using SGML catalogs at all.\"",
"id": "GHSA-vr42-4x2q-392x",
"modified": "2026-06-02T15:31:49Z",
"published": "2025-08-08T18:32:22Z",
"references": [
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"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-8732"
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-253495.html"
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"url": "https://drive.google.com/file/d/1woIeYVcSQB_NwfEhaVnX6MedpWJ_nqWl/view?usp=drive_link"
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"url": "https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/issues/958"
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"url": "https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/issues/958#note_2505853"
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.319228"
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{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://vuldb.com/?id.319228"
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://vuldb.com/?submit.622285"
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"severity": [
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"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
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"score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X",
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}
GHSA-VRGP-X8C4-VXXQ
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2023-10-01 21:30 – Updated: 2023-10-01 21:30A vulnerability has been found in eeroOS up to 6.16.4-11 and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component Ethernet Interface. The manipulation leads to denial of service. The attack needs to be approached within the local network. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-241024.
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"nvd_published_at": "2023-10-01T21:15:42Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
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"details": "A vulnerability has been found in eeroOS up to 6.16.4-11 and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component Ethernet Interface. The manipulation leads to denial of service. The attack needs to be approached within the local network. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-241024.",
"id": "GHSA-vrgp-x8c4-vxxq",
"modified": "2023-10-01T21:30:40Z",
"published": "2023-10-01T21:30:40Z",
"references": [
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"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5324"
},
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"url": "https://github.com/nomis/eero-zero-length-ipv6-options-header-dos"
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"url": "https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.241024"
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"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
Mitigation MIT-3
Strategy: Language Selection
- Use a language that does not allow this weakness to occur or provides constructs that make this weakness easier to avoid.
- For example, languages such as Java, Ruby, and Lisp perform automatic garbage collection that releases memory for objects that have been deallocated.
Mitigation
It is good practice to be responsible for freeing all resources you allocate and to be consistent with how and where you free memory in a function. If you allocate memory that you intend to free upon completion of the function, you must be sure to free the memory at all exit points for that function including error conditions.
Mitigation
Memory should be allocated/freed using matching functions such as malloc/free, new/delete, and new[]/delete[].
Mitigation
When releasing a complex object or structure, ensure that you properly dispose of all of its member components, not just the object itself.
CAPEC-125: Flooding
An adversary consumes the resources of a target by rapidly engaging in a large number of interactions with the target. This type of attack generally exposes a weakness in rate limiting or flow. When successful this attack prevents legitimate users from accessing the service and can cause the target to crash. This attack differs from resource depletion through leaks or allocations in that the latter attacks do not rely on the volume of requests made to the target but instead focus on manipulation of the target's operations. The key factor in a flooding attack is the number of requests the adversary can make in a given period of time. The greater this number, the more likely an attack is to succeed against a given target.
CAPEC-130: Excessive Allocation
An adversary causes the target to allocate excessive resources to servicing the attackers' request, thereby reducing the resources available for legitimate services and degrading or denying services. Usually, this attack focuses on memory allocation, but any finite resource on the target could be the attacked, including bandwidth, processing cycles, or other resources. This attack does not attempt to force this allocation through a large number of requests (that would be Resource Depletion through Flooding) but instead uses one or a small number of requests that are carefully formatted to force the target to allocate excessive resources to service this request(s). Often this attack takes advantage of a bug in the target to cause the target to allocate resources vastly beyond what would be needed for a normal request.
CAPEC-131: Resource Leak Exposure
An adversary utilizes a resource leak on the target to deplete the quantity of the resource available to service legitimate requests.
CAPEC-494: TCP Fragmentation
An adversary may execute a TCP Fragmentation attack against a target with the intention of avoiding filtering rules of network controls, by attempting to fragment the TCP packet such that the headers flag field is pushed into the second fragment which typically is not filtered.
CAPEC-495: UDP Fragmentation
An attacker may execute a UDP Fragmentation attack against a target server in an attempt to consume resources such as bandwidth and CPU. IP fragmentation occurs when an IP datagram is larger than the MTU of the route the datagram has to traverse. Typically the attacker will use large UDP packets over 1500 bytes of data which forces fragmentation as ethernet MTU is 1500 bytes. This attack is a variation on a typical UDP flood but it enables more network bandwidth to be consumed with fewer packets. Additionally it has the potential to consume server CPU resources and fill memory buffers associated with the processing and reassembling of fragmented packets.
CAPEC-496: ICMP Fragmentation
An attacker may execute a ICMP Fragmentation attack against a target with the intention of consuming resources or causing a crash. The attacker crafts a large number of identical fragmented IP packets containing a portion of a fragmented ICMP message. The attacker these sends these messages to a target host which causes the host to become non-responsive. Another vector may be sending a fragmented ICMP message to a target host with incorrect sizes in the header which causes the host to hang.
CAPEC-666: BlueSmacking
An adversary uses Bluetooth flooding to transfer large packets to Bluetooth enabled devices over the L2CAP protocol with the goal of creating a DoS. This attack must be carried out within close proximity to a Bluetooth enabled device.