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AIKIDO-2024-10503

pocoproject.poco is vulnerable to Denial of Service and Stack Overflow

Denial of Service and Stack Overflow Pre-CVE
Found by Aikido Intel before public disclosure or CVE publication.
Published Dec 2, 2024

61

Medium Risk

This Affects:

c++pocoproject.poco
1.9.0 - 1.13.3
Fixed in 1.14.0
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TL;DR

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to multiple security issues, including a stack-based buffer overflow in HTTP requests, a double free vulnerability in Net::MailMessage, XML fuzzing, and a Denial of Service (DoS) in XML parsing. These vulnerabilities can lead to memory corruption, application crashes, or service disruption, posing significant risks to system stability and security. Updating to a patched version is recommended to mitigate these threats.

Who does this affect?

You are affected if you are using a version that falls within the vulnerable range.

Background info

pocoproject.poco is vulnerable to Denial of Service and Stack Overflow in versions 1.9.0 - 1.13.3.

How to fix this

Upgrade the pocoproject.poco library to the patch version.