CVE-2023-30088 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 5.5 Published Updated

A local attacker can cause a denial of service in the Cesanta MJS JavaScript engine via the mjs_execute function.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2023-30088?

CVE-2023-30088 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Cesanta Mjs, published on 9 May 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

An issue found in Cesanta MJS v.1.26 allows a local attacker to cause a denial of service via the mjs_execute function in mjs.c.

Weakness: CWE-119

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-30088?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Cesanta Mjs.

How do I fix CVE-2023-30088?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-30088 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-2023-30088 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2023-30088 exists.

All Cesanta Mjs vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-jgmq-8h79-52mh, UBUNTU-CVE-2023-30088.

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