Vulnerabilities > CVE-2023-45129
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
HIGH Confidentiality impact
NONE Integrity impact
NONE Availability impact
HIGH Summary
Synapse is an open-source Matrix homeserver written and maintained by the Matrix.org Foundation. Prior to version 1.94.0, a malicious server ACL event can impact performance temporarily or permanently leading to a persistent denial of service. Homeservers running on a closed federation (which presumably do not need to use server ACLs) are not affected. Server administrators are advised to upgrade to Synapse 1.94.0 or later. As a workaround, rooms with malicious server ACL events can be purged and blocked using the admin API.
Vulnerable Configurations
References
- https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/pull/16360
- https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/pull/16360
- https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/security/advisories/GHSA-5chr-wjw5-3gq4
- https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/security/advisories/GHSA-5chr-wjw5-3gq4
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/KEVRB4MG5UXQ5RLZHSUJXM5GWEBYYS5B/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/KEVRB4MG5UXQ5RLZHSUJXM5GWEBYYS5B/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/N6P4QULVUE254WI7XF2LWWOGHCYVFXFY/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/N6P4QULVUE254WI7XF2LWWOGHCYVFXFY/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/WRO4MPQ6HOXIUZM6RJP6VTCTMV7RD2T3/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/WRO4MPQ6HOXIUZM6RJP6VTCTMV7RD2T3/
- https://matrix-org.github.io/synapse/latest/admin_api/rooms.html#version-2-new-version
- https://matrix-org.github.io/synapse/latest/admin_api/rooms.html#version-2-new-version
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-12
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-12