Coraza has potential denial of service vulnerability
### Summary Due to the misuse of `log.Fatalf`, the application using coraza crashed after receiving crafted requests from attackers. ### Details https://github.com/corazawaf/coraza/blob/82157f85f24c6107667bf0f686b71a72aafdf8a5/internal/bodyprocessors/multipart.go#L26-L29 The bodyprocessors of multipart uses `log.Fatalf` to handle errors from the `mime.ParseMediaType`, but `log.Fatalf` calls `os.Exit` directly after logging the error. https://github.com/golang/go/blob/a031f4ef83edc132d5f49382bfef491161de2476/src/log/log.go#L288-L291 This means that the application will immediately crash after receiving a malicious request that triggers an error in `mime.ParseMediaType`. ### PoC The server can be demonstrated by https://github.com/corazawaf/coraza/tree/main/examples/http-server After sending this request ``` POST / HTTP/1.1 Host: 127.0.0.1:8090 User-Agent: curl/8.1.2 Accept: */* Content-Length: 199 Content-Type: multipart/form-data; boundary=------------------------5fa6351b877326a1; a=1; a=2 Connection: close --------------------------5fa6351b877326a1 Content-Disposition: form-data; name="file"; filename="123" Content-Type: application/octet-stream 123 --------------------------5fa6351b877326a1-- ``` The server will crash immediately. The `a=1; a=2` in `Content-Type` makes `mime: duplicate parameter name` error. ### Impact I believe the vulnerability was introduced by the following commit: https://github.com/corazawaf/coraza/commit/24af0c8cf4f10bab558740b595712be3b85493ec. ### Mitigation The error from `mime.ParseMediaType` should return directly.
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| ID | severity | exploitable | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2023-40586US | high7.5 | — | ||
OWASP Coraza WAF is a golang modsecurity compatible web application firewall library. Due to the misuse of `log.Fatalf`, the application using coraza crashed after receiving crafte… | ||||
references
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://github.com/corazawaf/corazaPACKAGE
- https://github.com/corazawaf/coraza-caddy/issues/48WEB
- https://github.com/corazawaf/coraza/blob/82157f85f24c6107667bf0f686b71a72aafdf8a5/internal/bodyprocessors/multipart.go#L26-L29WEB
- https://github.com/corazawaf/coraza/commit/24af0c8cf4f10bab558740b595712be3b85493ecWEB
- https://github.com/corazawaf/coraza/commit/a5239ba3ce839e14d9b4f9486e1b4a403dcade8cWEB
- https://github.com/corazawaf/coraza/commit/e1b119b83e12c64f0957e00e8cad45a1b5f012f8WEB
- https://github.com/corazawaf/coraza/releases/tag/v3.0.1WEB
- https://github.com/corazawaf/coraza/security/advisories/GHSA-c2pj-v37r-2p6hWEB
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