# CVE-2024-31209: OpenID Connect client Atom Exhaustion in provider configuration worker ets table location

- Severity: CVSS 5.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 3.0.2, 3.1.2, 3.2.0-beta.3
- Published: 2024-04-04 · Updated: 2024-09-03

## Affected

- erlef oidcc: from 3.0.0, fixed in 3.0.2; from 3.1.0, fixed in 3.1.2; from 3.2.0-beta.1, fixed in 3.2.0-beta.3

## Description

oidcc is the OpenID Connect client library for Erlang. Denial of Service (DoS) by Atom exhaustion is possible by calling `oidcc_provider_configuration_worker:get_provider_configuration/1` or `oidcc_provider_configuration_worker:get_jwks/1`. This issue has been patched in version(s)`3.1.2` & `3.2.0-beta.3`.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on erlef oidcc, upgrade to a fixed version (3.0.2, 3.1.2, 3.2.0-beta.3) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/erlef/oidcc/security/advisories/GHSA-mj35-2rgf-cv8p
- https://github.com/erlef/oidcc/commit/2f304d877c7e0613d6fd952d7feacbf40dbc355c
- https://github.com/erlef/oidcc/commit/48171fb62688fb4eec1ead0884aa501e0aa68649
- https://github.com/erlef/oidcc/commit/ac458ed88dc292aad6fa7343f6a53e73c560fb1a
- https://github.com/erlef/oidcc/blob/018dbb53dd752cb1e331637d8e0e6a489ba1fae9/src/oidcc_provider_configuration_worker.erl#L385-L388

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