CVE-2023-2990 Fortra Globalscape Administration Server Denial of Service
An attacker can crash the Globalscape EFT Administration Server by sending a specially crafted compressed message that causes infinite recursion.
- 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-2023-2990?
CVE-2023-2990 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Fortra Globalscape EFT, published on 22 Jun 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Fortra Globalscape EFT versions before 8.1.0.16 suffer from a denial of service vulnerability, where a compressed message that decompresses to itself can cause infinite recursion and crash the service
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-2990?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Globalscape Eft Server.
How do I fix CVE-2023-2990?
No fix has been published for CVE-2023-2990 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-2023-2990 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2023-2990 exists.
Other vulnerabilities in Fortra Globalscape EFT
Sources
Also known as GHSA-hcg7-gqc4-qc5q.