Resource exhaustion in Brefphp Bref

CVE-2024-24752

Bref enable serverless PHP on AWS Lambda. When Bref is used with the Event-Driven Function runtime and the handler is a `RequestHandlerInterface`, then the Lambda event is converted to a PSR7 object. During the conversion process, if the request is a MultiPart, each part is parsed and for each which contains a file, it is extracted and saved in `/tmp` with a random filename starting with `bref_upload_`. The flow mimics what plain PHP does but it does not delete the temporary files when the request has been processed. An attacker could fill the Lambda instance disk by performing multiple MultiPart requests containing files. This vulnerability is patched in 2.1.13.

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

EPSS: 0.007 (51.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

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Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-24752?
CVE-2024-24752 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Brefphp Bref, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2024-02-01.
How severe is CVE-2024-24752?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.