CVE-2020-23469 Denial of service in n/a
A regular expression denial of service vulnerability in the gmate text editor's gedit3 plugin allows attackers to cause application unresponsiveness.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2020-23469?
CVE-2020-23469 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 22 Sep 2021. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
gmate v0.12+bionic contains a regular expression denial of service (ReDoS) vulnerability in the gedit3 plugin.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-23469?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Gmate Project Gmate.
How do I fix CVE-2020-23469?
No fix has been published for CVE-2020-23469 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2020-23469 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-23469 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-3gwp-c388-hhx6.