CVE-2018-10868

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  2. Vulnerabilities (CVE)
  3. CVE-2018-10868
redhat-certification 7 does not properly restrict the number of recursive definitions of entities in XML documents, allowing an unauthenticated user to run a "Billion Laugh Attack" by replying to XMLRPC methods when getting the status of an host.

7.5 /10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

5.0 /10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

V2 Legend

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References
Link Resource
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-10868 Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1593776 Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:redhat:certification:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
History

10 Feb 2023, 17:59

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References (MISC) https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-10868 - (MISC) https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-10868 - Vendor Advisory

05 Aug 2022, 16:15

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Summary It has been discovered that redhat-certification does not properly limit the number of recursive definitions of entities in XML documents while parsing the status of a host. A remote attacker could use this vulnerability to consume all the memory of the server and cause a Denial of Service. This flaw affects redhat-certification version 7. redhat-certification 7 does not properly restrict the number of recursive definitions of entities in XML documents, allowing an unauthenticated user to run a "Billion Laugh Attack" by replying to XMLRPC methods when getting the status of an host.
References
  • (MISC) https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-10868 -

04 Jun 2021, 15:05

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CWE CWE-400
CPE cpe:2.3:a:redhat:certification:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVSS v2 : unknown
v3 : unknown 		v2 : 5.0
v3 : 7.5
References (MISC) https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1593776 - (MISC) https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1593776 - Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory

26 May 2021, 19:16

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CWE CWE-776

26 May 2021, 19:15

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New CVE
Information

Published : 2021-05-26 19:15

Updated : 2023-12-10 13:55

NVD link : CVE-2018-10868

Mitre link : CVE-2018-10868

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2018-10868

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Products Affected

redhat

  • certification
CWE
CWE-400

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

CWE-776

Improper Restriction of Recursive Entity References in DTDs ('XML Entity Expansion')