CVE-2023-40052

High

Description

This issue affects Progress Application Server (PAS) for OpenEdge in versions 11.7 prior to 11.7.18, 12.2 prior to 12.2.13, and innovation releases prior to 12.8.0 . An attacker who can produce a malformed web request may cause the crash of a PASOE agent potentially disrupting the thread activities of many web application clients. Multiple of these DoS attacks could lead to the flooding of invalid requests as compared to the server’s remaining ability to process valid requests.

SeverityHigh

CVSS7.5

Exploit probability—

Product

Progress Openedge

PublishedJan 18, 2024

First seenJan 18, 2024

Weakness typeCWE-119Memory buffer bounds error

How to fix

Update

progress openedge11.7.18, 12.2.13 or later
progress openedge_innovation12.8.0 or later

Vendor advisories

community.progress.com/s/article/Important-Progress-OpenEdge-Product-Alert-for-Progress-Application-Server-for-OpenEdge-PASOE-Denial-of-Service-Vulnerability-in-WEB-Transport

Affected products

Product	Affected versions	Fixed in
progress openedge	11.7 ≤ v < 11.7.18, 12.2 ≤ v < 12.2.13	11.7.18, 12.2.13
progress openedge_innovation	v < 12.8.0	12.8.0

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