CVE-2018-1000656

Published: Aug 20, 2018Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSACWE-20

7.5HIGH

NVD MITRE

Description

The Pallets Project flask version Before 0.12.3 contains a CWE-20: Improper Input Validation vulnerability in flask that can result in Large amount of memory usage possibly leading to denial of service. This attack appear to be exploitable via Attacker provides JSON data in incorrect encoding. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 0.12.3. NOTE: this may overlap CVE-2019-1010083.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

Exploitability

AV:NAttack Vector

Network

AC:LAttack Complexity

Low

PR:NPrivileges Required

None

UI:NUser Interaction

None

Scope

S:UScope

Unchanged

Impact

C:NConfidentiality

None

I:NIntegrity

None

A:HAvailability

High

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Weaknesses

CWE-20

Affected Products

netapp

commercial·US

active iq

Hardware Firmware

hyper converged infrastructure

Hardware Firmware

ontap select deploy utility

Hardware Firmware

palletsprojects

oss-project·US

flaskLibrary

package-ecosystem

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Exploitability

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MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique

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References

https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190221-0001/

security.netapp.com

https://github.com/pallets/flask/pull/2691

github.com

https://github.com/pallets/flask/releases/tag/0.12.3

github.com

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