CVE-2023-38684— Discourse vulnerable to ossible DDoS due to unbounded limits in various controller actions
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I. Basic Information for CVE-2023-38684
Vulnerability Information
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Vulnerability Title
Discourse vulnerable to ossible DDoS due to unbounded limits in various controller actions
Source: NVD (National Vulnerability Database)
Vulnerability Description
Discourse is an open source discussion platform. Prior to version 3.0.6 of the `stable` branch and version 3.1.0.beta7 of the `beta` and `tests-passed` branches, in multiple controller actions, Discourse accepts limit params but does not impose any upper bound on the values being accepted. Without an upper bound, the software may allow arbitrary users to generate DB queries which may end up exhausting the resources on the server. The issue is patched in version 3.0.6 of the `stable` branch and version 3.1.0.beta7 of the `beta` and `tests-passed` branches. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.
Source: NVD (National Vulnerability Database)
CVSS Information
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Source: NVD (National Vulnerability Database)
Vulnerability Type
不加限制或调节的资源分配
Source: NVD (National Vulnerability Database)
Vulnerability Title
Discourse 安全漏洞
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
Vulnerability Description
Discourse是一套开源的社区讨论平台。该平台包括社区、电子邮件和聊天室等功能。 Discourse 存在安全漏洞，该漏洞源于在多个控制器操作中，Discourse 接受限制参数，但不会对接受的值强加任何上限。 如果没有上限，该软件可能允许任意用户生成数据库查询，这最终可能会耗尽服务器上的资源。
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
CVSS Information
N/A
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
Vulnerability Type
N/A
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
Affected Products
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Same Patch Batch · discourse · 2023-07-28 · 6 CVEs total
| CVE-2023-37467 | 6.8 MEDIUM | Discourse CSP nonce reuse vulnerability for anonymous users |
| CVE-2023-38685 | 4.3 MEDIUM | Discourse's restricted tag information visible to unauthenticated users |
| CVE-2023-38498 | 4.3 MEDIUM | Discourse vulnerable to DoS via defer queue |
| CVE-2023-37906 | 4.3 MEDIUM | Discourse vulnerable to DoS via post edit reason |
| CVE-2023-37904 | 2.6 LOW | Discourse Race Condition in Accept Invite |
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