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SCA: security update for matrix-synapse (GHSA-rfq8-j7rh-8hf2)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 418710

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - Synapse is an open-source Matrix homeserver. In Synapse before 1.120.1, multipart/form-data requests can
 in certain configurations transiently increase memory consumption beyond expected levels while processing
 the request, which can be used to amplify denial of service attacks. Synapse 1.120.1 resolves the issue by
 denying requests with unsupported multipart/form-data content type. (CVE-2024-52805)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-rfq8-j7rh-8hf2

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 418710

Version: Revision 1.10

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/23/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.51

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-52805

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.2

Threat Score: 4.6

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/3/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/3/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-52805

cwe: CWE-770