Microsoft Outlook AutoDiscover timeout leaks leading to network exhaustion
CVE-2023-29046 Published on November 2, 2023
Connections to external data sources, like e-mail autoconfiguration, were not terminated in case they hit a timeout, instead those connections were logged. Some connections use user-controlled endpoints, which could be malicious and attempt to keep the connection open for an extended period of time. As a result users were able to trigger large amount of egress network connections, possibly exhausting network pool resources and lock up legitimate requests. A new mechanism has been introduced to cancel external connections that might access user-controlled endpoints. No publicly available exploits are known.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2023-29046 is exploitable with network access, and requires small amount of user privileges. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have no impact on confidentiality and integrity, and a small impact on availability.
Weakness Type
What is a Resource Exhaustion Vulnerability?
The software does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource, thereby enabling an actor to influence the amount of resources consumed, eventually leading to the exhaustion of available resources.
CVE-2023-29046 has been classified to as a Resource Exhaustion vulnerability or weakness.
Products Associated with CVE-2023-29046
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Affected Versions
OX Software GmbH OX App Suite:- Before and including 7.10.6-rev48 is affected.
- Before and including 8.11 is affected.
Exploit Probability
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