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| Rule General Information |
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| Release Date: | 2024-05-11 | |
| Rule Name: | NodeBB socket.io eventName Denial of Service Vulnerability (CVE-2023-30591) | |
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| Rule Protection Details |
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| Description: | Denial-of-service in NodeBB <= v2.8.10 allows unauthenticated attackers to trigger a crash, when invoking `eventName.startsWith()` or `eventName.toString()`, while processing Socket.IO messages via crafted Socket.IO messages containing array or object type for the event name respectively. | |
| Impact: | An attacker can launch a denial of service attack by exploiting the vulnerability successfully. | |
| Affected OS: | Windows, Linux, Others | |
| Reference: | https://github.com/NodeBB/NodeBB/commit/37b48b82a4bc7680c6e4c42647209010cb239c2c https://github.com/NodeBB/NodeBB/commit/4d2d76897a02e7068ab74c81d17a2febfae8bfb9 https://github.com/NodeBB/NodeBB/commit/830f142b7aea2e597294a84d52c05aab3a3539ca https://starlabs.sg/advisories/23/23-30591/ |
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| Solutions |
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| Please contact the software vendor to update the software patch. |