The Tungstenite crate before 0.20.1 for Rust allows remote attackers...
Vulnerability Description
The Tungstenite crate before 0.20.1 for Rust allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (minutes of CPU consumption) via an excessive length of an HTTP header in a client handshake. The length affects both how many times a parse is attempted (e.g., thousands of times) and the average amount of data for each parse attempt (e.g., millions of bytes).
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
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References
- https://github.com/snapview/tungstenite-rs/issues/376
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/407.html
- https://crates.io/crates/tungstenite/versions
- https://github.com/snapview/tungstenite-rs/commit/8b3ecd3cc0008145ab4bc8d0657c39d09db8c7e2
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-9mcr-873m-xcxp
- https://github.com/github/advisory-database/pull/2752
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1215563
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2240110
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-43669
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/THK6G6CD4VW6RCROWUV2C4HSINKK3XAK/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TT7SF6CQ5VHAGFLWNXY64NFSW4WIWE7D/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/R77EUWPZVP5WSMNXUXUDNHR7G7OI5NGM/
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