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CVE-2024-22393

Published: Feb 22, 2024

Modified: Apr 22, 2025

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Description

Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type vulnerability in Apache Answer.This issue affects Apache Answer: through 1.2.1. Pixel Flood Attack by uploading large pixel files will cause server out of memory. A logged-in user can cause such an attack by uploading an image when posting content. Users are recommended to upgrade to version [1.2.5], which fixes the issue.

Vendor	Product	Versions
Apache Software Foundation	Apache Answer	affected `0 - <= 1.2.1`

Weaknesses (CWE)

References

https://lists.apache.org/thread/f58l6dr4r74hl6o71gn47kmn44vw12cv

vendor-advisory

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/02/22/1

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