Mastodon vulnerable to Denial of Service through slow HTTP responses
21Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.
ssvc Trackcvss 7.5epss 1.3%
exploitation probability
1.3%top 32% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
nono source reports it
Mastodon is a free, open-source social network server based on ActivityPub. When performing outgoing HTTP queries, Mastodon sets a timeout on individual read operations. Prior to versions 3.5.9, 4.0.5, and 4.1.3, a malicious server can indefinitely extend the duration of the response through slowloris-type attacks. This vulnerability can be used to keep all Mastodon workers busy for an extended duration of time, leading to the server becoming unresponsive. Versions 3.5.9, 4.0.5, and 4.1.3 contain a patch for this issue.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected products
mastodon · mastodonReferences
https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/commit/c5929798bf7e56cc2c79b15bed0c4692ded3dcb6https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/releases/tag/v3.5.9https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/releases/tag/v4.0.5https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/releases/tag/v4.1.3https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/security/advisories/GHSA-9pxv-6qvf-pjwchttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/07/06/7