Crash and Denial of Service Vulnerability in GoAhead Web Server
CVE-2024-3186

5.3MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

Embedthis

Status
Goahead
Vendor
CVE Published:
17 October 2024

What is CVE-2024-3186?

CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in the evalExpr() function of GoAhead Web Server (version <= 6.0.0) when compiled with the ME_GOAHEAD_JAVASCRIPT flag. This vulnerability allows a remote attacker with the privileges to modify JavaScript template (JST) files to trigger a crash and cause a Denial of Service (DoS) by providing malicious templates.

Affected Version(s)

GoAhead 0 <= 6.0.0

References

https://www.nozominetworks.com/labs/vulnerability-advisor...

CVSS V3.1

Score:
5.3
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
None
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
High
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Diego Zaffaroni of Nozomi Networks found this bug during a security research activity.
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