CVE-2024-28244

描述

### Impact KaTeX users who render untrusted mathematical expressions could encounter malicious input using `\def` or `\newcommand` that causes a near-infinite loop, despite setting `maxExpand` to avoid such loops. This can be used as an availability attack, where e.g. a client rendering another user's KaTeX input will be unable to use the site due to memory overflow, tying up the main thread, or stack overflow. ### Patches Upgrade to KaTeX v0.16.10 to remove this vulnerability. ### Workarounds Forbid inputs containing any of the characters `₊₋₌₍₎₀₁₂₃₄₅₆₇₈₉ₐₑₕᵢⱼₖₗₘₙₒₚᵣₛₜᵤᵥₓᵦᵧᵨᵩᵪ⁺⁻⁼⁽⁾⁰¹²³⁴⁵⁶⁷⁸⁹ᵃᵇᶜᵈᵉᵍʰⁱʲᵏˡᵐⁿᵒᵖʳˢᵗᵘʷˣʸᶻᵛᵝᵞᵟᵠᵡ` before passing them to KaTeX. (There is no easy workaround for the auto-render extension.) ### Details KaTeX supports an option named `maxExpand` which aims to prevent infinitely recursive macros from consuming all available memory and/or triggering a stack overflow error. Unfortunately, [support for "Unicode (sub|super)script characters"](https://github.com/KaTeX/KaTeX/commit/d8fc35e6a97f8e561c723b93ad275cf5a7f3094a) allows an attacker to bypass this limit. Each sub/superscript group instantiated a separate Parser with its own limit on macro executions, without inheriting the current count of macro executions from its parent. This has been corrected in KaTeX v0.16.10. ### For more information If you have any questions or comments about this advisory: * Open an issue or security advisory in the [KaTeX repository](https://github.com/KaTeX/KaTeX/) * Email us at [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected])

受影響套件(2)

• Debian/node-katexfrom 0
• npm/katex>= 0.15.4, < 0.16.10

CVSS 分數

參考連結(5)

• ADVISORYhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-28244
• ADVISORYhttps://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-28244
• PATCHhttps://github.com/KaTeX/KaTeX
• WEBhttps://github.com/KaTeX/KaTeX/commit/085e21b5da05414efefa932570e7201a7c70e5b2
• WEBhttps://github.com/KaTeX/KaTeX/security/advisories/GHSA-cvr6-37gx-v8wc