CVE-2018-10868
published 2021-05-26CVE-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…
PriorityP337high7.5CVSS 3.1
AVNACLPRNUINSUCNINAH
EPSS
1.10%
62.0th percentile
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.
Affected
1 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| redhat | certification | — | — |
CVSS provenance
nvdv3.17.5HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
nvdv2.05.0MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
vendor_redhat7.5HIGH
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GHSA
GHSA-9gcv-g5q9-f633: It has been discovered that redhat-certification does not properly limit the number of recursive definitions of entities in XML documents while parsin
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-24
CVE-2018-10868 [HIGH] CWE-400 GHSA-9gcv-g5q9-f633: It has been discovered that redhat-certification does not properly limit the number of recursive definitions of entities in XML documents while parsin
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.
Red Hat
redhat-certification: billion laugh attack when getting the status of a host
vendor_redhat·2018-06-21·CVSS 7.5
CVE-2018-10868 [HIGH] CWE-400 redhat-certification: billion laugh attack when getting the status of a host
redhat-certification: billion laugh attack when getting the status of a host
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.
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.
Package: redhat-certification (Red Hat Certification for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6) - Not affected
Package: redhat-certification (Red Hat Certification for Red Hat Enterprise Linu
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
2021-05-26
Published