CVE-2021-32623

Description

Opencast is a free and open source solution for automated video capture and distribution. Versions of Opencast prior to 9.6 are vulnerable to the billion laughs attack, which allows an attacker to easily execute a (seemingly permanent) denial of service attack, essentially taking down Opencast using a single HTTP request. To exploit this, users need to have ingest privileges, limiting the group of potential attackers The problem has been fixed in Opencast 9.6. There is no known workaround for this issue.

Risk Information

Base Score

6.5

MODERATE

Vector

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

EPSS Score

Exploitation Probability

0.308

Associated Vulnerability

Vulnerability	OS Platform
Vulnerabilities CVE-2021-32623 are fixed in Opencast-Project-opencast-kernel 9.6	Windows
Vulnerabilities CVE-2021-32623 are fixed in Opencast-Project-opencast-kernel for Linux 9.6	Linux

Patch Details

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References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1234
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-1234