CVE-2023-49619 Information

Description

Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization (‘Race Condition’) vulnerability in Apache Answer.

This issue affects Apache Answer: through 1.2.0.

Under normal circumstances a user can only bookmark a question once and will only increase the number of questions bookmarked once. However repeat submissions through the script can increase the number of collection of the question many times.

Users are recommended to upgrade to version [1.2.1] which fixes the issue.

Reference

https://lists.apache.org/thread/nscrl3c7pn68q4j73y3ottql6n5x3hd4 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/01/10/1