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CVE-2023-25578: Denial of service vulnerability when parsing multipart request body

February 15, 2023 (updated October 28, 2024)

The request body parsing in starlite allows a potentially unauthenticated attacker to consume a large amount of CPU time and RAM.

References

  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-p24m-863f-fm6q
  • github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/starlite/PYSEC-2023-49.yaml
  • github.com/starlite-api/starlite
  • github.com/starlite-api/starlite/commit/9674fe803628f986c03fe60769048cbc55b5bf83
  • github.com/starlite-api/starlite/releases/tag/v1.51.2
  • github.com/starlite-api/starlite/security/advisories/GHSA-p24m-863f-fm6q
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-25578

Code Behaviors & Features

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Affected versions

All versions before 1.51.2

Fixed versions

  • 1.51.2

Solution

Upgrade to version 1.51.2 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-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
  • CWE-770: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

Source file

pypi/starlite/CVE-2023-25578.yml

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