CVE-2023-42451
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2023-09-19 15:56
Modified
2024-09-24 20:36
Severity ?
7.4 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Summary
Mastodon is a free, open-source social network server based on ActivityPub. Prior to versions 3.5.14, 4.0.10, 4.1.8, and 4.2.0-rc2, under certain circumstances, attackers can exploit a flaw in domain name normalization to spoof domains they do not own. Versions 3.5.14, 4.0.10, 4.1.8, and 4.2.0-rc2 contain a patch for this issue.
References
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/commit/eeab3560fc0516070b3fb97e089b15ecab1938c8Patch
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/security/advisories/GHSA-v3xf-c9qf-j667Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/commit/eeab3560fc0516070b3fb97e089b15ecab1938c8Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/security/advisories/GHSA-v3xf-c9qf-j667Vendor Advisory
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