CVE-2023-25577

Summary

CVECVE-2023-25577
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2023-02-14 20:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-08-18 14:15:00 UTC
DescriptionWerkzeug is a comprehensive WSGI web application library. Prior to version 2.2.3, Werkzeug's multipart form data parser will parse an unlimited number of parts, including file parts. Parts can be a small amount of bytes, but each requires CPU time to parse and may use more memory as Python data. If a request can be made to an endpoint that accesses `request.data`, `request.form`, `request.files`, or `request.get_data(parse_form_data=False)`, it can cause unexpectedly high resource usage. This allows an attacker to cause a denial of service by sending crafted multipart data to an endpoint that will parse it. The amount of CPU time required can block worker processes from handling legitimate requests. The amount of RAM required can trigger an out of memory kill of the process. Unlimited file parts can use up memory and file handles. If many concurrent requests are sent continuously, this can exhaust or kill all available workers. Version 2.2.3 contains a patch for this issue.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-770

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Palletsprojects Werkzeug All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Merge pull request from GHSA-xg9f-g7g7-2323 · pallets/werkzeug@517cac5 · GitHub MISC github.com
high resource usage when parsing multipart form data with many fields · Advisory · pallets/werkzeug · GitHub MISC github.com
Release 2.2.3 · pallets/werkzeug · GitHub MISC github.com
February 2023 Werkzeug Vulnerabilities in NetApp Products | NetApp Product Security MISC security.netapp.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-5470-1 python-werkzeug MISC www.debian.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 160842 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for python-werkzeug (ELSA-2023-12709)
  • 181616 Debian Security Update for python-werkzeug (DLA 3346-1)
  • 182761 Debian Security Update for python-werkzeug (CVE-2023-25577)
  • 199235 Ubuntu Security Notification for Werkzeug Vulnerabilities (USN-5948-1)
  • 199431 Ubuntu Security Notification for Werkzeug Vulnerabilities (USN-5948-2)
  • 241233 Red Hat Update for OpenStack Platform 17.0 (RHSA-2023:1018)
  • 241267 Red Hat Update for multiple OpenStack Platforms (RHSA-2023:1281)
  • 241546 Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.13 Security Update (RHSA-2023:1325)
  • 242578 Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.14 Security Update (RHSA-2023:7473)
  • 283790 Fedora Security Update for mingw (FEDORA-2023-af75e27098)
  • 284255 Fedora Security Update for mingw (FEDORA-2023-8d94dccc7e)
  • 355110 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for python-werkzeug : ALAS2023-2023-125
  • 6000024 Debian Security Update for python-werkzeug (DSA 5470-1)
  • 673119 EulerOS Security Update for python-werkzeug (EulerOS-SA-2023-2167)
  • 753865 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for python-Werkzeug (SUSE-SU-2023:1664-1)
  • 753878 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for python-Werkzeug (SUSE-SU-2023:1693-1)
  • 770186 Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.13 Security Update (RHSA-2023:1325)
  • 770220 Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.14 Security Update (RHSA-2023:7473)
  • 905567 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for python-werkzeug (13588)
  • 906533 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for python-werkzeug (13588-1)
  • 906663 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for python-werkzeug (13588-3)
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