CVE-2021-32623
Opencast Billion Laughs Denial of Service Vulnerability
Description
Opencast is a free and open source solution for automated video capture and distribution. Versions of Opencast prior to 9.6 are vulnerable to the billion laughs attack, which allows an attacker to easily execute a (seemingly permanent) denial of service attack, essentially taking down Opencast using a single HTTP request. To exploit this, users need to have ingest privileges, limiting the group of potential attackers The problem has been fixed in Opencast 9.6. There is no known workaround for this issue.
INFO
Published Date :
June 16, 2021, 12:15 a.m.
Last Modified :
June 23, 2021, 7:55 p.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
5.2
Exploitability Score :
2.8
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
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information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to
CVE-2021-32623.
| URL | Resource |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/opencast/opencast/commit/8ae27da5a6f658011a5741b3210e715b0dc6213e | Patch Third Party Advisory |
| https://github.com/opencast/opencast/security/advisories/GHSA-9gwx-9cwp-5c2m | Exploit Third Party Advisory |
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Jun. 23, 2021
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P) Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Changed Reference Type https://github.com/opencast/opencast/commit/8ae27da5a6f658011a5741b3210e715b0dc6213e No Types Assigned https://github.com/opencast/opencast/commit/8ae27da5a6f658011a5741b3210e715b0dc6213e Patch, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://github.com/opencast/opencast/security/advisories/GHSA-9gwx-9cwp-5c2m No Types Assigned https://github.com/opencast/opencast/security/advisories/GHSA-9gwx-9cwp-5c2m Exploit, Third Party Advisory Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:apereo:opencast:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 9.6
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2021-32623 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2021-32623
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
0.07 }} 0.00%
score
0.29990
percentile