Headline
CVE-2023-50455: Security Advisory ZAA-2023-06 | Zammad
An issue was discovered in Zammad before 6.2.0. Due to lack of rate limiting in the “email address verification” feature, an attacker could send many requests for a known address to cause Denial Of Service (generation of many emails, which would also spam the victim).
Security Advisory
December 6, 2023 · Please read carefully and check if the version of your Zammad system is affected by this vulnerability. Please send us information regarding vulnerabilities in Zammad!
Security Advisory Details
- ID: ZAA-2023-06
- Date: 2023-12-06
- Title: Denial of Service
- Severity: low
- Product: Zammad 6.1.x
- Fixed in: Zammad 6.2.0
- References:
–> pending CVE assignment
Vulnerability Descriptions****Denial of Service
Due to a missing rate limiting in the ‘email address verification’ feature of Zammad, an attacker could send many requests for a known address to cause Denial Of Service by many generated emails which would also spam the victim.
Recommended Resolution
This vulnerability is fixed in the latest versions of Zammad and it is recommended to upgrade to one of these.
Fixed releases can be found at:
- https://zammad.org/
- https://ftp.zammad.com/
Or just update your Zammad if installed via OS package manager.
Additional information
Online version of this advisory: https://zammad.com/en/advisories/zaa-2023-06
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