CVE-2023-33289

Summary

CVE-2023-33289 is a newly disclosed vulnerability affecting the urlnorm crate version 0.1.4 used in Rust programming. This issue permits a Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) attack through crafted URLs, leading to excessive resource consumption and potential application crashes or unavailability. The vulnerable component, lib.rs, processes these URLs, thus making it a prime target for attackers aiming to exploit this flaw for malicious purposes. Updating to the latest version or implementing appropriate mitigations is recommended to protect against potential ReDoS attacks.

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