CVE-2021-38465 AUVESY Versiondog
Attackers can cause denial of service by generating unlimited installations that exhaust disk space in the webinstaller's temp folder.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2021-38465?
CVE-2021-38465 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in AUVESY Versiondog, published on 22 Oct 2021. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
The webinstaller is a Golang web server executable that enables the generation of an Auvesy image agent. Resource consumption can be achieved by generating large amounts of installations, which are then saved without limitation in the temp folder of the webinstaller executable.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-38465?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Auvesy Versiondog.
How do I fix CVE-2021-38465?
No fix has been published for CVE-2021-38465 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-2021-38465 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-38465 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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Sources
Also known as GHSA-h83r-v8q3-3f6m.