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CVE-2018-12541

Published: Oct 10, 2018Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSACWE-789
6.5MEDIUM
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
2.7%
Top 15.8%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
Not available

Description

In version from 3.0.0 to 3.5.3 of Eclipse Vert.x, the WebSocket HTTP upgrade implementation buffers the full http request before doing the handshake, holding the entire request body in memory. There should be a reasonnable limit (8192 bytes) above which the WebSocket gets an HTTP response with the 413 status code and the connection gets closed.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:LUI:NS:UC:NI:NA:H
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:LPrivileges Required
Low
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:NIntegrity
None
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-789CWE-119

Affected Products

eclipse
oss-project·BEaka eclipse-foundation
vert.x
DevTools & CI
The Eclipse Foundation
oss-projectaka eclipse openj9, eclipse jetty, eclipse mosquitto
Eclipse Vert.x
OSS Libraries
Maven
package-ecosystem
io.vertx:vertx-core
OSS Libraries

Exploitability

Official Patch Available

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MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Initial Access
Privilege Escalation
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References

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2946
access.redhat.com
https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=539170
bugs.eclipse.org
https://github.com/eclipse-vertx/vert.x/issues/2648
github.com
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