An attacker with access to an HX 10.0.0 and previous versions, may send specially-crafted data to the HX console. The malicious detection would then trigger decompression of a large file that consumes an excessive amount of system resources thus causing a Denial of Service.
PUBLISHED5.2CWE-409
Problem type
Affected products
Trellix
Trellix HX Console
5.1.1 - AFFECTED
References
GitHub Security Advisories
GHSA-h467-wgwr-q697
An attacker with access to an HX 10.0.0 and previous versions, may send specially-crafted data...
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-h467-wgwr-q697An attacker with access to an HX 10.0.0 and previous versions, may send specially-crafted data to the HX console. The malicious detection would then trigger decompression of a large file that consumes an excessive amount of system resources thus causing a Denial of Service.
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