{ "data_version": "4.0", "data_type": "CVE", "data_format": "MITRE", "CVE_data_meta": { "ID": "CVE-2023-6481", "ASSIGNER": "vulnerability@ncsc.ch", "STATE": "PUBLIC" }, "description": { "description_data": [ { "lang": "eng", "value": "A serialization vulnerability in logback receiver component part of \nlogback version 1.4.13,\u00a01.3.13 and\u00a01.2.12 allows an attacker to mount a Denial-Of-Service \nattack by sending poisoned data.\n\n" } ] }, "problemtype": { "problemtype_data": [ { "description": [ { "lang": "eng", "value": "Denial-of-service using poisoned data" } ] } ] }, "affects": { "vendor": { "vendor_data": [ { "vendor_name": "QOS.CH Sarl", "product": { "product_data": [ { "product_name": "logback", "version": { "version_data": [ { "version_value": "not down converted", "x_cve_json_5_version_data": { "versions": [ { "status": "unaffected", "version": "1.4.14" }, { "status": "unaffected", "version": "1.3.14" }, { "status": "unaffected", "version": "1.2.13" } ], "defaultStatus": "unaffected" } } ] } } ] } } ] } }, "references": { "reference_data": [ { "url": "https://logback.qos.ch/news.html#1.3.12", "refsource": "MISC", "name": "https://logback.qos.ch/news.html#1.3.12" }, { "url": "https://logback.qos.ch/news.html#1.3.14", "refsource": "MISC", "name": "https://logback.qos.ch/news.html#1.3.14" } ] }, "generator": { "engine": "Vulnogram 0.1.0-dev" }, "source": { "discovery": "UNKNOWN" }, "configuration": [ { "lang": "en", "supportingMedia": [ { "base64": false, "type": "text/html", "value": "\n
The attacker needs to be able to feed poisoned data to a logback receiver. Thus, the attacker needs to connect to a logback receiver which can be a significant hurdle in itself.\n\n" } ], "value": "The attacker needs to be able to feed poisoned data to a logback receiver. Thus, the attacker needs to connect to a logback receiver which can be a significant hurdle in itself.\nOnly environments where logback receiver is deployed are vulnerable. \n\n\n\n\n" } ], "work_around": [ { "lang": "en", "supportingMedia": [ { "base64": false, "type": "text/html", "value": "Logback versions 1.2.13 and later, 1.3.14 \nand later or 1.4.14 \nand later\n\nprovides fixes. However, please note that these fixes are only effective when deployed under Java 9 or later.
Only environments where logback receiver is deployed are vulnerable.