CVE-2019-16764

MEDIUM

PowAssent - DoS

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

The use of `String.to_atom/1` in PowAssent is susceptible to denial of service attacks. In `PowAssent.Phoenix.AuthorizationController` a value is fetched from the user provided params, and `String.to_atom/1` is used to convert the binary value to an atom so it can be used to fetch the provider configuration value. This is unsafe as it is user provided data, and can be used to fill up the whole atom table of ~1M which will cause the app to crash.

Scores

CVSS v3 6.5
EPSS 0.0044
EPSS Percentile 63.3%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-400
Status published
Products (2)
Hex/pow_assent 0 - 0.4.4Hex
powauth/powassent < 0.4.4
Published Nov 25, 2019
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026