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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2023-50570
CVE-2023-50570:
Wolfi vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
An issue in the component IPAddressBitsDivision of IPAddress v5.1.0 leads to an infinite loop. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2023-50570 and has been disputed because the infinite loop occurs only for cases in which the developer supplies invalid arguments, and the product is not intended to always halt for contrived inputs (NVD).
Technical details
The vulnerability is classified as CWE-835 (Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition - 'Infinite Loop'). It has received a CVSS v3.1 base score of 5.5 (MEDIUM) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H. The issue specifically occurs in the IPAddressBitsDivision component when certain invalid arguments are provided (NVD, FortiGuard).
Impact
The vulnerability affects the availability of the system by potentially causing an infinite loop, which could lead to resource exhaustion. However, the impact is limited as it only occurs under specific conditions with invalid input parameters (NVD).
Mitigation and workarounds
Users are advised to avoid using versions <=5.4.0 of the com.github.seancfoley/ipaddress package (FortiGuard).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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