cve/2023/CVE-2023-2990.md

### [CVE-2023-2990](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-2990)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Product&message=Globalscape%20EFT&color=blue)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Version&message=8.0.0%3C%208.1.0.16%20&color=brighgreen)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Vulnerability&message=CWE-400%20Uncontrolled%20Resource%20Consumption&color=brighgreen)

### Description

Fortra Globalscape EFT versions before 8.1.0.16 suffer from a denial of service vulnerability, where a compressed message that decompresses to itself can cause infinite recursion and crash the service

### POC

#### Reference
- https://www.rapid7.com/blog/post/2023/06/22/multiple-vulnerabilities-in-fortra-globalscape-eft-administration-server-fixed/

#### Github
- https://github.com/rbowes-r7/gestalt