CVE-2023-24785 Denial of service in n/a
Attackers can cause a denial of service in PeaZip via the End of Archive tag function in the UNPEA feature.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2023-24785?
CVE-2023-24785 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 17 Feb 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
An issue in Giorgio Tani peazip v.9.0.0 allows attackers to cause a denial of service via the End of Archive tag function of the peazip/pea UNPEA feature.
Weakness: CWE-770
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-24785?
It affects 1 product.
Linux distribution packages (3)
peazip SUSE:Package Hub 15 SP4 | All versions | 9.1.0-bp154.2.3.1 |
peazip openSUSE:Leap 15.4 | All versions | 9.1.0-bp154.2.3.1 |
peazip openSUSE:Tumbleweed | All versions | 9.1.0-1.1 |
Products include Peazip Project Peazip.
How do I fix CVE-2023-24785?
Apply the vendor's patch.
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-2023-24785 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-24785 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-v2j7-r5fx-w6c3, MGASA-2023-0124, openSUSE-SU-2023:0071-1, openSUSE-SU-2024:12734-1.