CVE-2023-28119 affects the crewjam/saml Go library, specifically versions prior to 0.4.13, due to an unbounded input size vulnerability in its flate.NewReader implementation. An unauthenticated attacker can send oversized, compressed HTTP requests, causing the server to decompress large amounts of data and leading to a denial-of-service (DoS) by crashing the process. This vulnerability is rated High severity (CVSS 7.5) with a low attack complexity and no user interaction required, but there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
0.4.12CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:saml_project:saml:0.4.12:*:*:*:*:go:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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