Out of memory error when submitting the dataset form with a specially-crafted field

GHSA-7fgc-89cx-w8j5 · CVE-2023-50248

Published Dec 13, 2023 · Modified Feb 16, 2024

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Description

Impact

When submitting a POST request to the /dataset/new endpoint (including either the auth cookie or the Authorization header) with a specially-crafted field, an attacker can create an out-of-memory error in the hosting server.

To trigger this error the user needs to have permissions to create or edit datasets.

Patches

This vulnerability has been patched in CKAN 2.10.3 and 2.9.10

References

WEB https://github.com/ckan/ckan/security/advisories/GHSA-7fgc-89cx-w8j5
ADVISORY https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-50248
WEB https://github.com/ckan/ckan/commit/bd02018b65c5b81d7ede195d00d0fcbac3aa33be
PACKAGE https://github.com/ckan/ckan

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