Bug 1218430 (CVE-2023-51079)

Summary: VUL-1: CVE-2023-51079: mvel2: TimeOut error when calling ParseTools.subCompileExpression() function
Product: [Novell Products] SUSE Security Incidents Reporter: SMASH SMASH <smash_bz>
Component: IncidentsAssignee: Galaxy Bugs <galaxy-bugs>
Status: NEW --- QA Contact: Security Team bot <security-team>
Severity: Normal    
Priority: P4 - Low CC: carlos.lopez
Version: unspecified   
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Hardware: Other   
OS: Other   
URL: https://smash.suse.de/issue/389431/
Whiteboard: CVSSv3.1:SUSE:CVE-2023-51079:3.3:(AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)
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Description SMASH SMASH 2023-12-28 11:45:05 UTC 
A TimeOut error exists in the ParseTools.subCompileExpression method in mvel2 v2.5.0 Final.

References:
http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2023-51079
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2256065
https://github.com/mvel/mvel/issues/348
Comment 1 Carlos López 2023-12-28 11:59:58 UTC 
No fix from upstream yet. Setting the bug as VUL-1 because this requires the ability to input arbitrary code in the first place.