Medium severity · published Feb 28, 2023
CVE-2023-27371
GNU libmicrohttpd before 0.9.76 allows remote DoS (Denial of Service) due to improper parsing of a multipart/form-data boundary in the postprocessor.c MHD_create_post_processor()…
5.9
CVSS
1.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
GNU libmicrohttpd before 0.9.76 allows remote DoS (Denial of Service) due to improper parsing of a multipart/form-data boundary in the postprocessor.c MHD_create_post_processor() method. This allows an attacker to remotely send a malicious HTTP POST packet that includes one or more '\0' bytes in a multipart/form-data boundary field, which - assuming a specific heap layout - will result in an out-of-bounds read and a crash in the find_boundary() function.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.3% · higher than 69% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
LI
Libmicrohttpd · Gnu
before 0.9.76 · source: NVD
SS
SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP · Siemens
V3.1.0 before V3.1.5; V3.1.0 before V3.1.5 · source: CISA
SS
SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518F-4 PN/DP MFP · Siemens
V3.1.0 before V3.1.5; V3.1.0 before V3.1.5 · source: CISA
SS
SIPLUS S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP · Siemens
V3.1.0 before V3.1.5 · source: CISA
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-27371
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-27371
Patch
https://git.gnunet.org/libmicrohttpd.git/commit/?id=6d6846e20bfdf4b3eb1b592c97520a532f724238
Exploit
https://github.com/0xhebi/CVEs/tree/main/GNU%20Libmicrohttpd
lists.debian.org
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/03/msg00029.html
Mailing List
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/libmicrohttpd/2023-02/msg00000.html
cert-portal.siemens.com
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-398330.html
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