Mattermost fails to limit the number of role names
Moderate severity
GitHub Reviewed
Published
Feb 29, 2024
to the GitHub Advisory Database
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Updated Feb 29, 2024
Package
Affected versions
>= 9.4.0, < 9.4.2
>= 9.3.0, < 9.3.1
>= 9.2.0, < 9.2.5
< 8.1.9
Patched versions
9.4.2
9.3.1
9.2.5
8.1.9
Description
Published by the National Vulnerability Database
Feb 29, 2024
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database
Feb 29, 2024
Reviewed
Feb 29, 2024
Last updated
Feb 29, 2024
Mattermost versions 8.1.x before 8.1.9, 9.2.x before 9.2.5, 9.3.0, and 9.4.x before 9.4.2 fail to limit the number of role names requested from the API, allowing an authenticated attacker to cause the server to run out of memory and crash by issuing an unusually large HTTP request.
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