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matrix-synapse vulnerable to denial of service due to malicious server ACL events

2023-10-1021:27:53
CWE-770
GitHub Advisory Database
github.com
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matrix-synapse
denial of service
malicious server acl
upgrade
synapse 1.94.0
workaround

CVSS3

4.9

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

HIGH

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS

0.002

Percentile

53.3%

Impact

A malicious server ACL event can impact performance temporarily or permanently leading to a persistent denial of service.

Homeservers running on a closed federation (which presumably do not need to use server ACLs) are not affected.

Patches

Server administrators are advised to upgrade to Synapse 1.94.0 or later.

Workarounds

Rooms with malicious server ACL events can be purged and blocked using the admin API.

Affected configurations

Vulners
Node
matrixsynapseRange<1.94.0
VendorProductVersionCPE
matrixsynapse*cpe:2.3:a:matrix:synapse:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS3

4.9

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

HIGH

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS

0.002

Percentile

53.3%