CVE-2023-4494 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in Easy Chat Server 3.1 version. An attacker could send an excessively long username string to the register.ghp file asking for the name via a GET request resulting in arbitrary code execution on the remote machine.

Published: 2023-10-04

Score: 9.8 Critical

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

EFS Software

Easy Chat Server

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`0`	affected	≤ 3.1

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:easy_chat_server_project:easy_chat_server:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-54349	Stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in Easy Chat Server 3.1 version. An attacker could send an excessively long username string to the register.ghp file asking for the name via a GET request resulting in arbitrary code execution on the remote machine.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.009.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://www.incibe.es/en/incibe-cert/notices/aviso/multiple-vulnerabilities-efs-software-products

History

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Subscriptions

Easy Chat Server Project Easy Chat Server

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: INCIBE

Published: 2023-10-04T12:27:04.981Z

Updated: 2024-09-05T18:09:39.518Z

Reserved: 2023-08-23T09:39:39.085Z

Link: CVE-2023-4494

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T07:31:05.896Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-10-04T13:15:26.057

Modified: 2026-06-17T06:37:57.190

Link: CVE-2023-4494

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-119
Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

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