ghsa-v464-r2r9-www7
Vulnerability from github
Published
2025-03-20 12:32
Modified
2025-03-21 17:25
Severity ?
7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Summary
Ollama Vulnerable to Denial of Service (DoS) via Crafted GZIP
Details

An Out-Of-Memory (OOM) vulnerability exists in the ollama server version 0.3.14. This vulnerability can be triggered when a malicious API server responds with a gzip bomb HTTP response, leading to the ollama server crashing. The vulnerability is present in the makeRequestWithRetry and getAuthorizationToken functions, which use io.ReadAll to read the response body. This can result in excessive memory usage and a Denial of Service (DoS) condition.

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  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Go",
        "name": "github.com/ollama/ollama"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "last_affected": "0.3.14"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2024-12886"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-400"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2025-03-21T17:25:07Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2025-03-20T10:15:31Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "An Out-Of-Memory (OOM) vulnerability exists in the `ollama` server version 0.3.14. This vulnerability can be triggered when a malicious API server responds with a gzip bomb HTTP response, leading to the `ollama` server crashing. The vulnerability is present in the `makeRequestWithRetry` and `getAuthorizationToken` functions, which use `io.ReadAll` to read the response body. This can result in excessive memory usage and a Denial of Service (DoS) condition.",
  "id": "GHSA-v464-r2r9-www7",
  "modified": "2025-03-21T17:25:07Z",
  "published": "2025-03-20T12:32:44Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-12886"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/ollama/ollama"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://huntr.com/bounties/f115fe52-58af-4844-ad29-b1c25f7245df"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "Ollama Vulnerable to Denial of Service (DoS) via Crafted GZIP"
}


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