CVE-2024-22393: Apache Answer: Pixel Flood Attack by uploading the large pixel file

[Enxin Xie <linkinstar () apache org>]

Severity: important

Affected versions:

- Apache Answer through 1.2.1

Description:

Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type vulnerability in Apache Answer.This issue affects Apache Answer: 
through 1.2.1.

Pixel Flood Attack by uploading large pixel files will cause server out of memory. A logged-in user can cause such an 
attack by uploading an image when posting content.
Users are recommended to upgrade to version [1.2.5], which fixes the issue.

Credit:

Mohammad Reza Omrani (reporter)

References:

https://answer.incubator.apache.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-22393