7.5
HIGH
CVE-2024-37299
Discourse DoS/AV Weakness
Description

Discourse is an open source discussion platform. Prior to 3.2.5 and 3.3.0.beta5, crafting requests to submit very long tag group names can reduce the availability of a Discourse instance. This vulnerability is fixed in 3.2.5 and 3.3.0.beta5.

INFO

Published Date :

July 30, 2024, 3:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Sept. 11, 2024, 2:03 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2024-37299 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Discourse discourse
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL Resource
https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/188cb58daa833839c54c266ce22db150a3f3a210 Patch
https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/76f06f6b1491db6bd09a4017d2c5591431b3b16e Patch
https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-4j6h-9pjp-5476 Vendor Advisory

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2024-37299 vulnerability over time.

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  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Sep. 11, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/188cb58daa833839c54c266ce22db150a3f3a210 No Types Assigned https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/188cb58daa833839c54c266ce22db150a3f3a210 Patch
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/76f06f6b1491db6bd09a4017d2c5591431b3b16e No Types Assigned https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/76f06f6b1491db6bd09a4017d2c5591431b3b16e Patch
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-4j6h-9pjp-5476 No Types Assigned https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-4j6h-9pjp-5476 Vendor Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-400
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:*:*:*:*:stable:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 3.2.5 *cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:3.3.0:beta1:*:*:beta:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:3.3.0:beta2:*:*:beta:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:3.3.0:beta3:*:*:beta:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:3.3.0:beta4:*:*:beta:*:*:*
  • CVE Received by [email protected]

    Jul. 30, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Description Discourse is an open source discussion platform. Prior to 3.2.5 and 3.3.0.beta5, crafting requests to submit very long tag group names can reduce the availability of a Discourse instance. This vulnerability is fixed in 3.2.5 and 3.3.0.beta5.
    Added Reference GitHub, Inc. https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-4j6h-9pjp-5476 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference GitHub, Inc. https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/188cb58daa833839c54c266ce22db150a3f3a210 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference GitHub, Inc. https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/76f06f6b1491db6bd09a4017d2c5591431b3b16e [No types assigned]
    Added CWE GitHub, Inc. CWE-400
    Added CVSS V3.1 GitHub, Inc. AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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