The Candid library causes a Denial of Service while
parsing a specially crafted payload with 'empty' data type. For example,
if the payload is `record { * ; empty }` and the canister interface expects `record { * }` then the Rust candid decoder treats empty as an extra field required by the type. The problem with the type empty is that the candid Rust library wrongly categorizes empty as a recoverable error when skipping the field and thus causing an infinite decoding loop.


Canisters using affected versions of candid
are exposed to denial of service by causing the decoding to run
indefinitely until the canister traps due to reaching maximum
instruction limit per execution round. Repeated exposure to the payload
will result in degraded performance of the canister. Note: Canisters written in Motoko are unaffected.



Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2023-3140 The Candid library causes a Denial of Service while parsing a specially crafted payload with 'empty' data type. For example, if the payload is `record { * ; empty }` and the canister interface expects `record { * }` then the Rust candid decoder treats empty as an extra field required by the type. The problem with the type empty is that the candid Rust library wrongly categorizes empty as a recoverable error when skipping the field and thus causing an infinite decoding loop. Canisters using affected versions of candid are exposed to denial of service by causing the decoding to run indefinitely until the canister traps due to reaching maximum instruction limit per execution round. Repeated exposure to the payload will result in degraded performance of the canister. Note: Canisters written in Motoko are unaffected.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-7787-p7x6-fq3j Candid infinite decoding loop through specially crafted payload
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Solution

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Workaround

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History

Mon, 02 Dec 2024 15:15:00 +0000

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{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Dfinity

Published:

Updated: 2024-12-02T14:33:16.496Z

Reserved: 2023-11-21T16:28:51.715Z

Link: CVE-2023-6245

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T08:21:17.978Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-12-08T15:15:08.233

Modified: 2024-11-21T08:43:27.050

Link: CVE-2023-6245

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