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Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

CVE-2023-6117

Medium
5.7/10

Summary

A possibility of unwanted server memory consumption was detected through the obsolete functionalities in the Rest API methods of the M-Files server before 23.11.13156.0 which allows attackers to execute DoS attacks.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • UNCHANGED
  • REQUIRED
  • LOW
  • NONE
  • HIGH

CWE-770 - Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

The software allocates a reusable resource or group of resources on behalf of an actor without imposing any restrictions on the size or number of resources that can be allocated, in violation of the intended security policy for that actor.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published