CVE-2018-12545

HIGHScheduled

Published:Mar 27, 2019(7 years ago)

Modified:Nov 21, 2024

Remote ExploitNo Auth RequiredNo InteractionLow Complexity

Vulnerability Description

In Eclipse Jetty version 9.3.x and 9.4.x, the server is vulnerable to Denial of Service conditions if a remote client sends either large SETTINGs frames container containing many settings, or many small SETTINGs frames. The vulnerability is due to the additional CPU and memory allocations required to handle changed settings.

Attack Characteristics

Network AccessLow ComplexityNo Auth NeededNo User Interaction

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No Fix Known

No patch has been released yet. Apply workarounds or mitigations where available.

Affected Software

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed In
eclipse	jetty	-	-
eclipse	jetty	-	-
eclipse	jetty	-

Timeline

Published
CVE disclosed publicly
Mar 27, 20197 years ago
Last Modified
Most recent update
Nov 21, 20241 year ago
Indexed to CVEInsight
Added to this platform
Mar 29, 20261 month ago

References

https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=538096Issue Tracking
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/13f5241048ec0bf966a6ddd306feaf40d...
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/70744fe4faba8e2fa7e50a7fc794dd03c...

CVSS Score

v3.1

7.5/ 10.0

HIGH

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

At a Glance

Affected Products

References

eclipse / jetty

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/9317fd092b257a0815434b116a8af8dae...

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/febc94ffec9275dcda64633e0276a1400...

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ff8dcfe29377088ab655fda9d585dccd5...

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists...

https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.htmlThird Party Advisory

https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2019-507283...Patch

https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=538096Issue Tracking

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/13f5241048ec0bf966a6ddd306feaf40d...

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/70744fe4faba8e2fa7e50a7fc794dd03c...

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/9317fd092b257a0815434b116a8af8dae...

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/febc94ffec9275dcda64633e0276a1400...

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ff8dcfe29377088ab655fda9d585dccd5...

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists...

https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.htmlThird Party Advisory

https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2019-507283...Patch

CVSS v3 Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

Impact

ScopeUnchanged

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityHigh

Impact Analysis

ConfidentialityNone

NoneLowHigh

IntegrityNone

NoneLowHigh

AvailabilityHigh

NoneLowHigh

CVE-2018-12545

✦ Vulnerability Description

Attack Characteristics

Affected Software

Timeline

References

CVSS Score

At a Glance

Official Sources

CVSS v3 Vector

Impact Analysis

Vulnerability Description