CVE-2018-8409

Impact:
Low
Public Date:
2018-09-11
CWE:
CWE-400
Bugzilla:
1626263: CVE-2018-8409 .NET: Resource loop in ReadAsync when it is being cancelled while producer allocates memory using GetMemory

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

A denial of service vulnerability exists when System.IO.Pipelines improperly handles requests, aka "System.IO.Pipelines Denial of Service." This affects .NET Core 2.1, System.IO.Pipelines, ASP.NET Core 2.1.

Find out more about CVE-2018-8409 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v3 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v3 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS3 Base Score 5.1
CVSS3 Base Metrics CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity High
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact High

Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
.NET Core 2.0 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux rh-dotnet21-dotnet Under investigation
.NET Core 2.0 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux rh-dotnet20-dotnet Under investigation
.NET Core 1.0 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux rh-dotnetcore11-dotnetcore Under investigation
.NET Core 1.0 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux rh-dotnetcore10-dotnetcore Under investigation

Acknowledgements

Red Hat would like to thank Microsoft for reporting this issue.

External References

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