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HistoryJul 31, 2023 - 12:00 a.m.

Discourse < 3.0.7 DoS Vulnerability

2023-07-3100:00:00
Copyright (C) 2023 Greenbone AG
plugins.openvas.org
9
denial of service
vulnerability
discourse
version 3.0.7
dos
security advisory

CVSS3

6.5

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

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

EPSS

0.001

Percentile

31.7%

Discourse is prone to a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability
via defer queue.

# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2023 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

CPE = "cpe:/a:discourse:discourse";

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.150797");
  script_version("2023-10-12T05:05:32+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2023-10-12 05:05:32 +0000 (Thu, 12 Oct 2023)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2023-07-31 04:14:01 +0000 (Mon, 31 Jul 2023)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"6.8");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C");
  script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H");
  script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
  script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2023-08-03 17:37:00 +0000 (Thu, 03 Aug 2023)");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2023-38498");

  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner");

  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");

  script_name("Discourse < 3.0.7 DoS Vulnerability");

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);

  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2023 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("Denial of Service");
  script_dependencies("gb_discourse_detect.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("discourse/detected");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Discourse is prone to a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability
  via defer queue.");

  script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");

  script_tag(name:"impact", value:"A malicious user can prevent the defer queue from proceeding
  promptly on sites hosted in the same multisite installation.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Discourse prior to version 3.0.7.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 3.0.7 or later.");

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-wv29-rm3f-4g2j");

  exit(0);
}

include("host_details.inc");
include("version_func.inc");

if (!port = get_app_port(cpe: CPE))
  exit(0);

if (!infos = get_app_version_and_location(cpe: CPE, port: port, exit_no_version: TRUE))
  exit(0);

version = infos["version"];
location = infos["location"];

if (version_is_less(version: version, test_version: "3.0.7")) {
  report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "3.0.7", install_path: location);
  security_message(port: port, data: report);
  exit(0);
}

exit(99);

CVSS3

6.5

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

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

EPSS

0.001

Percentile

31.7%

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