Vulnerability · Published Jan 18, 2024 · Assigned by ProgressSoftware

CVE-2023-40052Progress Application Server (PAS) for OpenEdge Denial of Service

High 7.5

In plain English

A high-severity memory corruption in OpenEdge from Progress Software Corporation. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.6% (higher than 47% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.5High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.6%top 52.6% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official 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.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Progress Software Corporation OpenEdge 11.7.0 – before 11.7.1812.2.0 – before 12.2.13Innovation Releases – before 12.8.0

Weakness: CWE-119 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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