CVE-2024-43410: Russh has an OOM Denial of Service due to allocation of untrusted amount

August 14, 2024 (updated August 21, 2024)

Allocating an untrusted amount of memory allows any unauthenticated user to OOM a russh server.

References

github.com/Eugeny/russh
github.com/Eugeny/russh/commit/f660ea3f64b86d11d19e33076012069f02431e55
github.com/Eugeny/russh/security/advisories/GHSA-vgvv-x7xg-6cqg
github.com/advisories/GHSA-vgvv-x7xg-6cqg
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-43410

Code Behaviors & Features

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