CVE-2015-1783 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service via uninitialized memory access in the Lasso library, requiring a patch to fix.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2015-1783?
CVE-2015-1783 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 11 Aug 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The prefix variable in the get_or_define_ns function in Lasso before commit 6d854cef4211cdcdbc7446c978f23ab859847cdd allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (uninitialized memory access and application crash) via unspecified vectors.
Weakness: CWE-119
Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-1783?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Entrouvert Lasso, Fedoraproject Fedora.
How do I fix CVE-2015-1783?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2015-1783 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-1783 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Fedoraproject Fedora
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2015-1783, GHSA-h78r-gxwp-4fvm.