Description
The Document and Media widget In Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP, does not limit resource consumption when generating a preview image, which allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via crafted PNG images.
Severity
6.5 (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
Affected Version(s)
- Liferay Portal 7.3.0 through 7.3.6
- Liferay Portal 7.2.0 and 7.2.1
- Liferay Portal, older unsupported versions
- Liferay DXP 7.3 before fix pack 2
- Liferay DXP 7.2 before fix pack 13
- Liferay DXP, older unsupported versions
Fixed Version(s)
- Liferay Portal 7.3.7
- Liferay DXP 7.2 fix pack 13
- Liferay DXP 7.3 fix pack 2
Notes
Workaround:
Remove “png” from the list of permitted extensions that can be uploaded to Document and Media. This setting can be found at:
Control Panel > Configuration > System Settings > Documents and Media > System Scope > Service > File Extensions
Publication date: Tue, 06 Feb 2024 11:24:00 +0000