CVE-2018-12541

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2018-10-03
CWE:
CWE-770
Bugzilla:
1638391: CVE-2018-12541 vertx: WebSocket HTTP upgrade implementation holds the entire http request in memory before the handshake

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

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.

Find out more about CVE-2018-12541 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v3 metrics

CVSS3 Base Score 6.5
CVSS3 Base Metrics CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact High

Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat OpenShift Application Runtimes 1.0 RHSA-2018:2946 2018-10-18

Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat JBoss Fuse 7 vertx-core Under investigation
Red Hat JBoss Fuse 6 vertx-core Under investigation

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