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CVE-2021-29430: Sydent vulnerable to denial of service attack via memory exhaustion

April 19, 2021 (updated September 24, 2024)

Sydent does not limit the size of requests it receives from HTTP clients. A malicious user could send an HTTP request with a very large body, leading to disk space exhaustion and denial of service.

Sydent also does not limit response size for requests it makes to remote Matrix homeservers. A malicious homeserver could return a very large response, again leading to memory exhaustion and denial of service.

This affects any server which accepts registration requests from untrusted clients.

References

  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-wmg4-8cp2-hpg9
  • github.com/matrix-org/sydent
  • github.com/matrix-org/sydent/commit/0523511d2fb40f2738f8a8549868f44b96e5dab7
  • github.com/matrix-org/sydent/commit/89071a1a754c69a50deac89e6bb74002d4cda19d
  • github.com/matrix-org/sydent/commit/f56eee315b6c44fdd9f6aa785cc2ec744a594428
  • github.com/matrix-org/sydent/releases/tag/v2.3.0
  • github.com/matrix-org/sydent/security/advisories/GHSA-wmg4-8cp2-hpg9
  • github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/matrix-sydent/PYSEC-2021-21.yaml
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-29430
  • pypi.org/project/matrix-sydent

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Affected versions

All versions before 2.3.0

Fixed versions

  • 2.3.0

Solution

Upgrade to version 2.3.0 or above.

Impact 7.5 HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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Weakness

  • CWE-20: Improper Input Validation
  • CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
  • CWE-770: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

Source file

pypi/matrix-sydent/CVE-2021-29430.yml

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